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BOSTON: 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  SOCIETY. 

1868. 


PUBLISHING  COMMITTEE. 


Jeffries  Wyman. 
Samuel  L.  Abbot. 


Samuel  H.  Scuddek. 
William  T.  Brigham. 


Theodore  Lyman. 


PRESS  OF  ABNER  A.  KINGMAN. 

MUSEUM  OF  T&B  BOSTON  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY, 


BERKELEY  STREET. 


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List  of  Officers  for  the  tear  1868-69 
Legislative  Acts  Relative  to  the  Society. 

Act  of  Incorporation 

Acts  Altering  the  Charter  or  Granting  Aid 
Government  of  the  Society. 

Constitution 

By-Laws 

Library  Regulations 

Sketch  of  Past  History  and  Present  Operations 
Lists  of  Past  Officers. 

Presidents  . 

Vice  Presidents 
Secretaries 
Treasurers 
Librarians 
Cabinet  Keepers 
Custodians  . 

Curators  of  Ethnology 
“ Mammals 

“ Comparative  Anatomy 

“ Birds  . 

“ Reptiles 

“ Fishes  . 

“ Insects 


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Curators  of  Mollusks 54 

“ Crustaceans 55 

“ Radiates 55 

“ Botany 55 

“ Microscopy 56 

“ Geology  . 56 

“ Minerals 56 

“ Paleontology 56 

Lists  of  Members. 

Honorary  Members 57 

Corresponding  Members  . . . • • • • .59 

Patrons 

Original  Members 

Resident  Members ^ 

Principal  Contributors  to  the  Funds  . . • . . 87 

Institutions  in  Correspondence  with  the  Society  . . 89 

Price  Catalogue  of  the  Publications 101 

Lectures  Delivered  during  the  Year  1867-68  . . . 118 

Papers  Read  at  the  Meetings  during  the  Year  1867-68  . 119 

Walker  Prizes  . • • • * • • • • * 126 

Table  of  Meetings  during  the  Year  1868-69  . ...  128 


LIST  OP  OPPICEKS  POE  1868-69. 


President , 

Jeffries  Wyman,  M.D. 

Vice  Presidents , 

C.  T.  Jackson,  M.D.  Thomas  T.  Bouvri. 

Corresponding  Secretary , 

Samuel  L.  Abbot,  M.D. 

Recording  Secretary, 

Samuel  H.  Scudder. 

Treasurer, 

Edward  Pickering. 

Librarian , 

Samuel  H.  Scudder. 

Custodian, 

Samuel  H.  Scudder. 


Curators  ( arranged  in  accordance  with  their  length  of  service). 


Thomas  T.  Bouvtf, 

Thomas  M.  Brewer,  M.D., 

Samuel  H.  Scudder, 
Frederic  W.  Putnam, 

B.  Joy  Jeffries,  M.D., 
Alpheus  Hyatt, 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.D., 
Addison  E.  Verrill, 
Horace  Mann, 

Burt  G.  Wilder,  M.D., 
William  T.  Brigham, 

J.  Elliot  Cabot, 

Edward  S.  Morse 


Minerals. 

Birds  (Nests  and  Eggs). 
Mammals  and  Comp.  Anal. 
Insects. 

Fishes. 

Microscopy. 

Palaeontology. 

Crustaceans. 

Radiates. 

Botany. 

Reptiles. 

Geology. 

Birds. 

Mollusks. 


ACT  OF  INCORPORATION. 


Commonwealth  of  paswehuoett!*. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty-one. 

An  Act  to  incorporate  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repie- 
sentatives  in  Geneval  Count  assembled , and  by  the  authority  of  the 
same : — 

That  Benjamin  D.  Greene,  George  Hayward,  John  Ware, 
Walter  Channing,  Edward  Brooks,  Amos  Binney,  Jr.,  D.  Hum- 
phreys Storer,  Simon  E.  Greene,  Joshua  B.  Flint,  William 
Grigg,  George  B.  Emerson  and  Henry  Codman,  with  their 
associates,  and  such  other  persons  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be 
duly  admitted  members  of  the  Corporation  hereby  created,  be, 
and  they  hereby  are  constituted  a body  corporate  and  politic, 
by  the  name  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History, 
and  by  that  name  they  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  and 
shall  be  capable  of  suing  and  being  sued,  of  prosecuting  and 
defending  unto  final  judgment,  in  all  Courts  and  places  whatso- 
ever, and  may  have  a Common  Seal,  with  power  to  change  the 
same  at  pleasure. 

Sect.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  the  said  Society  shall 
have  power  to  hold  real  or  personal  estate  by  gift,  grant,  devise, 


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or  otherwise,  and  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  to  alien  or  con- 
vey, provided  that  the  clear  annual  income  of  such  personal 
and  real  estate  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  three  thousand 
dollars,  nor  be  applied  to  any  other  purposes  than  the  encour- 
agement and  promotion  of  the  science  of  Natural  History. 

Sect.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Society  shall  have 
power  to  elect  a President  and  all  other  necessary  officers ; to 
make  rules  and  by-laws  for  the  election  and  government  of  its 
members,  for  the  management  of  its  property,  for  collecting 
annual  contributions  from  its  members,  for  regulating  the  times 
and  places  of  meeting,  for  expelling  such  members  as  refuse  to 
comply  with  the  by-laws  or  regulations,  and  for  the  managing 
of  the  affairs  of  the  Society,  provided  such  rules  and  by-laws 
be  not  repugnant  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  this  Common- 
wealth, or  of  the  United  States. 

Sect.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  the  persons  herein  before 
named,  or  any  three  of  them,  shall  have  power  to  call  the  first 
meeting  of  the  members  of  said  Society,  in  such  manner  as  they 
may  think  proper. 

Sect.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  this  Act  may  be  altered, 
amended,  or  repealed,  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Legislature. 

In  House  of  Representatives , February  23,  1831,  passed  to  be  enacted. 

WILLIAM  B.  CALHOUN,  Speaker. 

In  Senate , February  24,  1831,  passed  to  be  enacted. 

SAM’L  LATHROP,  President. 

Feeruary  25,  1831. 

Approved, 

LEVI  LINCOLN. 

A Copy  of  the  Original  Act, 

Attest,  EDWARD  D.  BANGS, 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth 


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An  Act  to  authorize  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History ^to  amend  its  Constitution. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in 
General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  as 
follows : — 

The  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  amend  the  eighth  article  of  its  Con- 
stitution, by  inserting  after  the  word  “members,”  in  the  third 
line  of  the  printed  copy  thereof,  the  following  words:  “present 
at  any  two  consecutive  meetings  of  the  Society,  the  members 
having  been  first  duly  notified  of  any  proposed  alteration.” 

[Approved  by  the  Governor,  April  3,  1852.] 


An  Act  concerning  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in 
General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  as 
follows : — 

Section  1.  The  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History 
shall  have  power  to  hold  real  and  personal  estate,  the  clear  an- 
nual income  whereof  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  ten  thousand 
dollars,  nor  be  applied  to  any  other  purposes  than  the  encour- 
agement and  promotion  of  the  science  of  Natural  History. 

Sect.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  by  the  Governor,  March  21,  1861.] 


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An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  to  incorporate  the  Boston 
Society  of  Natural  History. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  oj  Representatives,  in 
General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  as  fol- 
lows : — 

Section  1.  The  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History 
shall  have  power  to  hold  real  and  personal  estate,  the  clear 
annual  income  whereof  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  twenty 
thousand  dollars,  to  be  applied  exclusively  to  the  purpose  set 
forth  in  the  act  of  incorporation  of  said  society.  ? 

Sect.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  by  the  Governor,  May  5,  1865.] 


An  Act  to  incorporate  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology,  for  the  promotion  of  Arts,  and  Industrial  Sci- 
ences, Agriculture,  Manufactures  and  Commerce,  and  to  grant 
aid  to  said  Institute  and  to  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in 
General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  as  fol- 
lows: — 

Sections  1 and  2 refer  to  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology. 

Sect.  3.  One  certain  square  of  State  land  on  the  Back  Bay, 
namely,  the  second  square  westwardly  from  the  Public  Garden, 
between  Newbury  and  Boylston  Streets,  according  to  the  plan 
reported  by  the  commissioners  on  the  Back  Bay,  February 


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twenty-one,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  shall  be  reserved 
from  sale  forever,  and  kept  as  an  open  space,  or  for  the  use  of 
such  educational  institutions  of  science  and  art  as  are  hereinafter 
provided  for. 

Sect.  4 refers  to  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology. 

Sect.  5.  The  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History  shall 
be  entitled  to  hold,  occupy  and  control,  for  the  objects  and  pur- 
poses for  which  said  Society  was  incorporated,  and  which  are  more 
fully  set  forth  in  its  constitution  and  by-laws,  the  easterly  por- 
tion of  said,  second  square,  to  the  extent  of  one-third  part 
thereof:  provided , that  the  said  Society  shall,  within  two  years 
from  the  time  when  said  portion  of  land  is  placed  at  its  disposal 
for  occupation,  filled  and  graded,  erect  a building  suitable  to  said 
objects  and  purposes,  and  appropriately  enclose,  plant  and  adorn 
the  open  ground  around  said  building,  and  shall  thereafter  keep 
said  grounds  and  building  in  a neat  and  ornamental  condition. 

Sect.  6.  The  rights  and  privileges  given  in  the  last  two  sec- 
tions are  granted,  subject  to  these  further  conditions  following, 
namely:  All  buildings  whatsoever,  which  may  be  erected  by 
either  of  the  herein  named  institutions  upon  any  portion  of  said 
square,  shall  be  designed  and  completed,  the  grounds  surround- 
ing said  buildings  enclosed,  laid  out  and  ornamented,  and  the 
said  buildings  and  grounds  kept  and  maintained  in  a manner 
satisfactory  to  the  governor  and  council;  and,  in  case  either  of 
the  said  institutions  shall,  after  due  notice  given,  neglect  to  com- 
ply with  the  requirements  of  this  section,  or  fail  to  use  its  por- 
tion of  said  square,  or  at  any  time  appropriate  said  portion,  or 
any  part  thereof,  to  any  purpose  or  use  foreign  to  its  legitimate 
objects,  then  the  right  of  said  delinquent  institution  to  the  use, 


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occupation  or  control  of  its  portion  of  said  square  shall  cease, 
and  the  Commonwealth,  by  its  proper  officers  and  agents,  shall 
have  the  right  forthwith  to  enter  and  take  possession  of  the 
portion  of  land  so  forfeited. 

Sect.  7.  The  above  named  Societies  shall  not  cover  with  their 
buildings  more  than  one-third  of  the  area  granted  to  them  re- 
spectively. 

Sect.  8.  The  commissioners  on  the  Back  Bay  are  hereby 
instructed  to  reserve  from  sale  the  lots  fronting  on  said  square  on 
Boy  Is  ton  and  Newbury  Streets,  until  said  Societies  shall,  by 
enclosure  and  improvements,  put  said  square  in  a sightly  and 
attractive  condition. 

Sect.  9.  Upon  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  Governor,  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Council,  shall  appoint  three  disinter- 
ested persons,  who  shall  appraise  the  value  of  all  the  land  speci- 
fied in  the  third  and  eighth  sections,  and  make  a return  of  said 
appraisal,  and  if,  when  the  lands  mentioned  in  section  eighth 
shall  have  been  sold,  the  proceeds  of  such  sales  shall  not  be  equal 
to  the  whole  amount  of  the  appraisal  above  mentioned,  then  the 
Societies  named  in  this  act  shall  pay  the  amount  of  said  deficit 
into  the  Treasury  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the  school  fund,  in 
proportion  to  the  area  granted  to  them  respectively. 

Sect.  10.  This  act  shall  be  null  and  void,  unless  its  provisions 
shall  be  accepted  within  one  year  by  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  and  the  Boston  Society  of 
Natural  History,  so  far  as  they  apply  to  those  Societies  re- 
spectively. 

[Approved  by  the  Governor,  April  10,  1861.] 


An  Act  to  repeal  Sections  8 and  9 of  the  “Act  to  incorporate 
the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  and  to 
grant  aid  to  said  institution,  and  to  the  Boston  Society  of 
Natural  History.” 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in 
General  Court  assembled , and  by  the  authority  of  the  same , as 
follows : — 

Sections  eight  and  nine  of  Chapter  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
three  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1861,  entitled  “An  act  to  incor- 
porate the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  and 
to  grant  aid  to  said  institution,  and  to  the  Boston  Society 
of  Natural  History”  are  hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  by  the  Governor,  April  29,  1863.] 


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CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS 


OF  THE 

BOSTON  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY. 


CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  Society  shall  be  called  the  Boston  Society  of 
Natural  History. 

article  ii. 

It  shall  consist  of  Resident  Members,  Corresponding  and 
Honorary  Members,  and  Patrons. 

ARTICLE  III. 

All  Members  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  after  having  been 
nominated  at  a preceding  meeting;  the  affirmative  votes  of 
three-fourths  of  the  members  present  shall  be  necessary  to  a 
choice.  The  nomination  of  Corresponding  and  Honorary  Mem- 
bers shall  proceed  from  the  Council.  Any  person  who  shall 
contribute,  at  one  time,  to  the  funds  of  the  Society,  a sum  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  shall  be  a Patron.  Any  Resident 
Member  who  shall,  at  one  time,  contribute  one  hundred  dollars 


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to  the  funds  of  the  Society,  shall  be  considered  a Life  Member, 
free  from  assessment. 


ARTICLE  IY. 

Resident  Members  only  shall  be  entitled  to  vote,  to  hold  office, 
or  to  transact,  business ; Corresponding  and  Honorary  Members 
and  Patrons  may  attend  the  meetings  and  take  part  in  the  scien- 
tific discussions  of  the  Society. 

ARTICLE  Y. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a President;  two  Vice 
Presidents;  a Corresponding  Secretary;  a Recording  Secretary; 
a Treasurer;  a Librarian;  a Custodian;  and  Curators;  who, 
together,  shall  form  a Board  for  the  management  of  the  con- 
cerns of  the  Society,  and  be  called  the  Council. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Officers  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  and  a majority  of  votes 
shall  be  sufficient  for  a choice. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

By-Laws,  for  the  more  particular  regulation  of  the  Society, 
shall  from  time  to  time  be  made. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  in  any  of  the 
preceding  Articles,  by  a vote  to  that  effect,  of  three-fourths  of 
the  members  present  at  any  two  consecutive  meetings  of  the 
Society ; the  members  having  been  first  duly  notified  of  any  pro- 
posed alteration:  but  the  Article  which  immediately  follows  this 
shall  be  unalterable. 


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ARTICLE  IX. 

The  consent  of  every  member  shall  he  necessary  to  a dissolu- 
tion of  the  Society.  In  case  of  a dissolution,  the  property  of 
the  Society  shall  not  be  distributed  among  the  members,  but 
donors  may  claim  and  receive  such  donations  as  they  have 
made  to  the  museum,  and  the  remainder  shall  be  given  to  some 
public  institution,  on  such  conditions  as  may  then  be  agreed  on; 
and  the  faithful  performance  of  such  conditions  shall  be  secured 
by  bonds,  with  sufficient  penalties  for  the  non-fulfilment  thereof. 


BY-LAWS. 

SECTION  I.  OF  MEMBERS. 

Article  1.  Any  person  of  respectable  character  and  attain- 
ments, residing  in  the  City  of  Boston,  or  its  immediate  neighbor- 
hood, shall  be  eligible  as  a Resident  Member  of  this  Society. 
Elections  shall  be  held  at  the  first  meeting  in  the  months  of  Jan- 
uary, April,  July  and  October.  Nominations  mu s be  made  in 
writing,  by  three  members,  at  least  one  month  previous  to  the 
time  of  elections;  such  nominations  shall  be  made  to  a Commit- 
tee consisting  of  the  President,  Recording  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer, who  shall  report  upon  the  same  at  the  meeting  previous  to 
that  upon  which  elections  are  to  be  held.  Every  person  elected 
shall,  within  six  months  from  the  date  of  his  election,  pay  into  the 
Treasury  an  initiation  fee  of  five  dollars,  and  subscribe  an  obli- 
gation, promising  to  conform  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws 


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of  the  Society;  and  until  these  conditions  are  fulfilled,  he  shall 
possess  none  of  the  rights  of  membership,  nor  shall  his  name  be 
borne  upon  the  roll  of  members. 

Art.  2.  Corresponding  Members  shall  consist  of  persons,  re- 
siding at  a distance  from  the  City,  who  may  be  interested  in  the 
study  of  Natural  History,  or  desirous  of  promoting  the  interests 
of  the  Society.  Honorary  Members  may  be  selected  from  per- 
sons eminent  for  their  attainments  in  science,  on  whom  the  Soci- 
ety may  wish  to  confer  a compliment  of  respect.  Neither  shall 
be  required  to  pay  an  initiation  fee  or  other  contribution. 

Art.  3.  Persons  who  have  been  unsuccessful  candidates  for 
admission  shall  not  be  again  proposed  as  members  until  after  one 
year. 

Art.  4.  Any  member  may  withdraw  from  the  Society,  by 
giving  written  notice  of  his  intention,  and  paying  all  arrearages 
due  from  him.  Any  member  who  shall  refuse  to  pay  any  due 
for  two  successive  years,  shall  be  subject  to  expulsion,  and  shall 
be  reported  to  the  Society  by  the  Treasurer. 

Art.  5.  Members  may  be  expelled  from  the  Society  by  a 
vote  of  three-fourths  of  the  members  present,  at  a meeting 
specially  called  for  that  purpose,  by  a notice  given  at  least  one 
month  previous. 

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SECTION  II  OF  OFFICERS  AND  THEIR  DUTIES. 

Article  1.  The  President  shall  preside  at  meetings  of  the 
Society  and  of  the  Council;  shall  preserve  order,  regulate  de- 
bates, and  conduct  all  business  proceedings. 

Art.  2.  The  Vice  Presidents  shall  perform  the  duties  of 
President  in  his  absence,  in  the  order  of  seniority  in  office. 


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Art.  3.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  cor- 
respondence of  the  Society,  and  keep  a record  thereof;  shall 
keep  the  common  seal;  acknowledge  all  donations;  notify  Cor- 
responding Members  of  their  election ; and  receive  and  read  to 
the  Society  all  communications  which  may  be  addressed  to  him. 

Art.  4.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  take  and  preserve 
correct  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Society  and  Council, 
in  books  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose;  shall  have  the  charge  of 
all  records  belonging  to  the  Society;  shall  notify  Resident  Mem- 
bers of  their  election  and  committees  of  their  appointment; 
shall  call  special  meetings  when  directed  by  the  President;  and 
shall  notify  Resident  Members  of  all  meetings,  and  officers  of  all 
matters  which  shall  occur  at  any  meeting  requiring  their  action. 

Art.  5.  The  Treasurer  shall  have  charge  of  all  money  and 
other  property  of  the  Society,  excepting  the  building  on  Berke- 
ley Street,  and  its  contents,  and  excepting  also  such  property  as 
may  be  placed  by  the  Council  in  the  hands  of  Trustees;  shall 
collect  all  fees  and  assessments  and  receive  all  donations 
in  money  which  may  be  made  to  it;  shall  pay  all  accounts 
against  the  Society,  when  the  same  shall  be  approved  by  a vote 
of  the  Council;  shall  keep  a correct  account  of  all  receipts  and 
expenditures  in  books  belonging  to  the  Society,  and  shall,  at 
each  annual  meeting,  and  at  other  times  when  required  by  the 
Council,  make  a detailed  report  of  the  same. 

Art.  6.  The  Librarian  shall  have  charge  of  the  books  be- 
longing to  the  Society,  or  deposited  for  its  use,  and  of  the  pub- 
lications of  the  Society.  He  shall  observe  and  enforce  such 
regulations  as  the  Council  shall  from  time  to  time  make  for  the 
use  of  the  books. 


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Art.  7.  The  Custodian  shall  be  a person  of  acknowledged 
scientific  attainments.  He  shall  have  general  charge  of  the 
building  and  its  contents;  shall  have  free  access  to  all  the  collec- 
tions at  all  times ; and  shall  act  in  concert  with  the  Curators, 
to  whom  he  shall  bear  the  relation  of  adviser  and  assistant. 
In  case  of  the  absence  or  neglect  of  Curators,  he  shall  act  in 
their  stead,  and  perform  their  duties.  He  shall  prepare  and 
read  at  the  annual  meeting  a report  of  the  state  of  the  museum, 
compiled  from  the  special  report  made  to  him  by  the  Curators. 
He  shall  keep  a book  to  be  called  the  Donation  Book,  in  which 
shall  be  recorded,  under  their  respective  departments,  all  dona- 
tions to  the  museum,  with  the  date  and  name  of  donor.  And 
he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
Council  and  mutually  assented  to. 

Art.  8.  The  Curators  shall  be  entrusted  with  the  care  of  the 
museum.  They  shall,  as  soon  as  possible  after  a donation  is 
made  or  specimens  received,  deposit  them  in  their  respective 
cabinets.  Each  Curator  shall  have  his  particular  department 
allotted  to  him  at  the  time  of  his  election;  shall  arrange  the 
specimens  in  that  department  according  to  some  system  ap- 
proved by  the  Custodian;  and,  so  far  as  is  practicable,  label 
them  with  the  names  they  bear  in  such  system.  He  shall  also, 
as  far  as  is  practicable,  keep  a correct  catalogue  of  articles  in  his 
care,  and  shall  be  authorized  to  select  duplicate  specimens  from 
the  cabinet,  and,  with  the  assent  of  the  Custodian,  effect  ex- 
changes therewith.  Each  Curator  shall  make  a written  report 
to  the  Custodian,  a month  previous  to  the  annual  meeting,  con- 
cerning the  collection  under  his  charge  : the  additions  made 
during  the  year,  and  the  important  deficiencies  which  exist. 


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Art.  9.  The  Council  shall  control  all  expenditure  of  money, 
make  rules  for  the  use  of  the  library  and  museum,  and  special 
rules  for  the  direction  of  the  Librarian  and  Custodian,  and  shall 
elect,  annually,  a committee  of  five  members,  to  be  called  the 
Publishing  Committee.  The  Council  shall  have  full  power  to 
act,  for  the  interests  of  the  Society,  in  any  way  not  inconsistent 
with  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 

Art.  10.  The  Council  shall  annually  appoint  three  Trustees, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  the  Treasurer  ex  officio,  to  whose  charge 
shall  be  entrusted  all  the  funded  property  of  the  Society,  with 
power  to  sell  and  reinvest,  according  to  their  judgment. 

SECTION  III.  OF  ASSESSMENTS. 

Article  1 . Every  Resident  member  shall  be  subject  to  an  an- 
nual assessment  of  five  dollars,  payable  on  the  first  day  of  Octo- 
ber in  each  year:  but  no  assessment  shall  be  required  of  any 
member  during  the  six  months  succeeding  his  election. 

Art.  2.  The  President  and  Treasurer  shall  be  empowered  to 
exempt  (sub  silentio ) a member  from  assessment  when,  from 
peculiar  circumstances,  they  may  deem  it  for  the  interest  of  the 
Society  so  to  do. 

SECTION  IV.  OF  THE  LIBRARY. 

Article  1.  Members  and  Patrons  of  the  Society  only  shall 
have  access  to,  or  take  books  from  the  Library;  but  the  Council 
may,  by  special  vote,  extend  the  use  of  books  to  others  than  mem- 
bers, specifying  the  conditions  under  which  they  may  be  taken. 

Art.  2.  The  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Council  for  the  use 
of  the  Library  shall  be  printed  and  exposed  in  the  Library 
rooms,  and  a digest  of  them  affixed  to  the  volumes  themselves. 


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SECTION  Y.  OF  THE  MUSEUM. 

Article  1.  Members  of  all  classes,  and  the  public  generally, 
shall  have  access  to  the  museum  at  such  times  as  the  Council 
shall  determine. 

Art.  2.  No  specimens  shall  be  removed  from  the  museum, 
without  the  leave  of  the  Custodian  and  the  Curator  of  the 
department  to  which  they  belong,  who  shall  take  a receipt  for 
the  same,  and  be  responsible  for  their  restoration  in  good  order. 

SECTION  VI.  OF  COMMITTEES. 

Article  1.  The  Committee  of  Publications  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  cause  to  be  published,  and  superintend  the  publication  of, 
such  papers  read  to  the  Society,  and  such  portions  of  the  records 
of  the  Proceedings,  as  may  seem  to  them  calculated  to  promote 
the  interests  of  science,  so  far  as  the  funds  appropriated  by  the 
Council  shall  permit,  it  being  understood  that  the  Committee 
shall  not  be  held  responsible  for  any  opinion  expressed  in  said 
publications.  The  said  Committee  shall  also  have  authority  to 
effect  exchanges  for  other  scientific  publications. 

Art.  2.  The  Council  shall,  previously  to  every  annual  meet- 
ing, appoint  a Committee,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  audit  the 
accounts  of  receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  Corporation. 

SECTION  VII.  OF  LECTURES. 

Article  1.  Public  lectures,  when  judged  expedient  by  the 
Council,  may  be  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  Society. 


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SECTION  VIII.  OF  MEETINGS. 

Article  1.  A meeting  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Wednesday 
May  annually,  for  the  choice  of  officers  and  other  general  in 
purposes.  At  this  meeting  an  annual  report,  embodying  the 
several  reports  of  the  Curators  and  Librarian,  shall  be  read  by 
the  Custodian ; and  a report  on  the  state  of  the  funds  by  the 
Treasurer,  who  shall  also  present  an  estimate  of  the  necessary 
expenses  of  the  ensuing  year. 

Art.  2.  Stated  meetings  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  and  third  Wednesday  of  every  month;  unless  when  sus- 
pended by  a vote  of  the  Society. 

Art.  3.  Fifteen  members  shall  form  a quorum  for  business. 

Art.  4.  The  order  of  proceeding  at  meetings  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows:— 

1 . Record  of  preceding  meeting  read. 

2.  Candidates  for  membership  proposed. 

3.  Balloting  for  members. 

4.  Written  communications  read. 

5.  Verbal  communications  made. 

6.  Business  called  up  by  special  resolutions,  or  otherwise. 

7.  Donations  announced. 

8.  Adjournment. 

SECTION  IX.  CHANGE  OF  BY-LAWS. 

Article  1.  The  By-Laws  of  the  Society  may  be  altered  or 
amended  by  a majority  vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  meet- 
ing: provided  that  the  members  of  the  Society  shall  have  been 
duly  notified,  two  weeks  previous,  of  an  intended  change. 


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LIBRARY  REGULATIONS. 


1 . The  Library  shall  be  open  for  the  use  of  books  and  their 
delivery  and  return  from  10  A.  M.  to  1 P.  M.,  and  from  2 P.  M. 
to  5 P.  M. 

2.  No  books  shall  be  taken  from  the  Library  without  the 
knowledge  and  record  of  the  Librarian ; except  by  members  of 
the  Council,  who  shall  record  them  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
Librarian.  Curators  may,  for  purposes  of  study,  remove  any 
book  from  the  Library  to  the  apartments  in  which  their  collec- 
tions are  kept;  but  in  taking  books  out  of  the  museum  they 
shall  observe  the  same  rules  as  other  members. 

3.  The  Librarian  shall  have  discretionary  power  to  admit 
strangers  who  may  desire  to  consult  the  Library  during  his  hours 
of  attendance,  and  to  allow  of  the  examination  of  the  books 
under  his  supervision. 

4.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  more  than  five  vol- 
umes at  any  one  time,  except  by  special  vote  of  the  Council. 

5.  Books  may  be  kept  out  one  calendar  month,  unless  sooner 
called  in  by  the  Librarian;  but  no  longer,  without  renewal,  and 
renewal  may  not  be  granted  more  than  twice ; after  which  the 
book  may  not  be  taken  out  again  by  the  same  person  until  three 
days  after  its  return. 

6.  If  books  are  not  returned  within  the  time  specified,  a writ- 
ten notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  sent  by  the  Librarian.  If  not 
then  returned  within  a week  after  the  date  of  notice,  a fine  of 


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five  cents  per  day  for  every  volume  not  returned  shall  be 
incurred,  and  a second  notice  then  sent.  If  still  further 
delinquent,  the  Librarian  shall  notify  the  Council  of  said 
delinquency. 

7.  Should  any  person  desire  to  borrow  a book  which  is  lent 
out  of  the  Library,  he  may  leave  his  name  and  the  title  of  the 
book  with  the  Librarian.  When  the  book  shall  be  returned,  the 
Librarian  shall  reserve  it  for  the  person  so  applying,  provided 
the  latter  call  for  it  within  three  days. 

8.  When  call  is  made  for  any  book  which  is  lent,  the  Librarian 
may  demand  its  return  by  regular  printed  form  of  notice  after 
the  expiration  of  ten  days  from  the  date  of  borrowing. 

9.  Each  book  shall  be  placed  in  one  of  three  classes,  desig- 
nated by  the  Council,  viz. : (a)  those  which  are  on  no  account  to 
be  removed  from  the  Library  ; (b)  those  which  may  be  removed 
only  by  the  permission  of  the  Librarian  and  two  members  of  the 
Council;  (c)  those  which  may  be  lent  without  restriction. 
Books  of  the  first  two  classes  shall  have  a label  attached  to  the 
inside  of  the  cover,  designating  their  class. 

10.  All  books  must  be  returned  to  the  Library  at  least  two 
weeks  previous  to  the  Annual  Meeting;  and  seasonable  notice 
of  the  time  of  returning  them  shall  be  given  by  the  Librarian. 

11.  Every  book  shall  be  returned  in  good  order,  regard  being 
had  to  its  necessary  wear  with  good  usage.  If  any  book  shall 
be  lost  or  injured,  the  person  to  whom  it  stands  charged  shall 
replace  it  by  a new  volume  or  set,  if  it  belong  to  a set,  or  pay 
the  value  of  the  volume  or  set  to  the  Librarian : the  value  being 
fixed  by  the  Council.  And  thereupon  the  remainder  of  the  set, 
if  the  volume  belong  to  a set,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  person  so 
paying  for  the  same: — every  book  detained  above  a year  being 
held  to  be  lost. 


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12.  Periodical  publications,  both  literary  and  scientific,  shall 
not  be  taken  from  the  Library  until  two  weeks  after  they  have 
been  placed  upon  the  shelves  or  table. 

13.  Books  may  be  deposited  in  the  Library  for  the  use  of  the 
Society;  but  said  books  shall  not  be  taken  from  the  Library 
without  the  consent  of  the  owners. 


SKETCH 


OF  THE 

HISTORY  AND  PRESENT  OPERATIONS 

OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


It  is  only  within  the  last  sixty  years  that  the  science 
of  Natural  History  has  received  the  advantage  of  sys- 
tematic and  organized  inquiry  in  this  State.  On  the 
eighth  of  December,  1814,  an  Association  calling  itself 
“The  New  England  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Nat- 
ural History,”  held  its  first  meeting  at  the  house  of  Dr. 
Jacob  Bigelow.  Drs.  Bigelow  and  Hayward  and  Mr. 
Octavius  Pickering  were  chosen  a committee  to  frame  a 
constitution,  which  was  drawn  up  and  adopted  in  the 
course  of  a few  days.  Meetings  were  held  weekly  on 
Saturday  evenings  in  the  hall  over  Boylston  Market. 
The  members  were  divided  into  six  classes;  viz.,  for 
minerals,  plants,  quadrupeds  and  birds,  fishes  and  rep- 
tiles, insects  and  “vermes.”  Hon.  John  Davis  was 
chosen  President;  William  S.  Shaw,  Vice  President; 
Jacob  Bigelow,  Corresponding  Secretary ; George  Hay- 


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ward,  Recording  Secretary ; Octavius  Pickering,  Treas- 
urer; John  W.  Webster,  Cabinet  Keeper. 

The  name  of  the  Society  did  not  prove  satisfactory 
and  it  was  changed  in  January,  1815,  to  “The  Linnaean 
Society  of  New  England.”  The  first  paper,  read  by 
Mr.  J.  Freeman  Dana,  was  entitled  “An  analysis  of  the 
Incrustation  formed  upon  the  basket  of  eggs  from  Der- 
byshire, England,  presented  by  J udge  Davis.” 

In  June,  1817,  a special  meeting  was  held  to  listen  to 
an  address  from  Dr.  W alter  Channing  upon  “The  import- 
ance of  literature  and  science,  particularly  to  the  inhab- 
itants of  New  England.”  The  claims  of  the  Society  to 
public  patronage  were  urged  with  great  force  and  ingenu- 
ity, and  the  rapid  increase  and  value  of  the  Museum  set 
forth.  The  interest  excited  at  this  meeting  encouraged 
the  members  to  believe  that  the  public  would  patronize 
their  institution ; but  although  the  few  men  who  com- 
posed the  active  members  labored  zealously,  they  re- 
ceived little  sympathy  from  without,  and  with  the 
address  of  Dr.  Channing  the  success  of  the  Society 
appears  to  have  culminated. 

Early  in  1818  a proposition  was  made  to  unite  with  the 
Boston  Athenaeum  or  to  adopt  some  other  course  for  the 
preservation  of  the  cabinet.  No  active  steps  were  taken 
in  the  matter,  the  meetings  were  held  with  much  irregu- 
larity, and  in  July,  1822,  a committee  appointed  by  the 
Society  reported,  as  follows  : — “It  appears  by  the  resig- 
nation and  non-attendance  of  members  that  it  has 


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become  burdensome  to  support  the  meetings  and 
collections  in  the  manner  that  has  hitherto  been  done  ; 
therefore  it  is  expedient  to  suspend  the  meetings, 
give  up  the  rooms  of  the  Society,  and  place  the  col- 
lection or  such  part  of  it  as  can  be  preserved,  in  some 
place  where  it  may  occasion  no  further  expense  to 
the  Society  or  its  contributors.” 

The  Society  was  thus  dissolved  and  its  collections — at 
first  deposited  with  Harvard  College — were  afterwards 
scattered  in  various  directions,  and,  a few,  finally  col- 
lected in  the  museum  of  the  present  Society. 

Not  disheartened  by  the  results  of  former  efforts,  some 
of  the  more  zealous  of  the  members,  aided  by  new 
associates,  undertook  to  re-organize.  After  several  pre- 
liminary consultations,1  a meeting  was  called  on  the 
28th  of  April,  1880,  at  which  Dr.  Walter  Channing  was 
chosen  Moderator,  and  Theophilus  Parsons,  Esq.,  Secre- 
tary. They  resolved  to  form  a new  Association  under 
the  name  of  the  “Boston  Society  of  Natural  History.” 
On  the  6th  of  May  a constitution  and  by-laws  were 
adopted,  and,  on  the  13th  of  the  same  month,  officers 
were  chosen.  An  act  of  incorporation,  obtained  at  the 
next  session  of  the  Legislature,  bears  date  February 
25th,  1831. 

In  the  formation  of  the  new  Society,  two  objects 
were  kept  in  view — the  cooperation  of  its  members 

1 One  of  these  was  held  at  the  house  of  Dr.  Walter  Channing,  and  “the 
members  just  filled  the  parlour  sofa.” 


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in  facilitating  the  pursuit  of  natural  history,  and 
the  collection  of  a cabinet  and  library.  Its  founders 
did  indeed  hope  to  awaken  an  interest  among  their  fel- 
low citizens,  and  so  extend  the  usefulness  of  the  institu- 
tion; but  the  members  were  mostly  young  men,  and 
with  the  failures  of  the  old  Society  the  public  had 
grown  distrustful. 

One  of  the  original  members,  recalling  in  after  years 
the  success  of  the  undertaking,  wrote  thus  of  the  diffi- 
culties encountered : “At  the  time  of  the  establishment 
of  the  Society  there  was  not,  I believe,  in  New  England, 
an  institution  devoted  to  the  study  of  natural  history. 
There  was  not  a college  in  New  England,  excepting 
Yale,  where  philosophical  geology  of  the  modern  school 
was  taught.  There  was  not  a work  extant  by  a New 
England  author  which  presumed  to  grasp  the  geologi- 
cal structure  of  any  portion  of  our  territory  of  greater 
extent  than  a county.  There  was  not  in  existence  a 
bare  catalogue,  to  say  nothing  of  a general  history,  of 
the  animals  of  Massachusetts,  of  any  class.  There  was 
not  within  our  borders  a single  museum  of  natural  his- 
tory founded  according  to  the  requirements  and  based 
upon  the  system  of  modern  science,  nor  a single  journal 
advocating  exclusively  its  interests. 

“We  were  dependent  chiefly  upon  books  and  authors 
foreign  to  New  England  for  our  knowledge  of  our  own 
zoology.  There  was  no  one  among  us  who  had  any 
thing  like  a general  knowledge  of  the  birds  which  fly 


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about  us,  of  the  fishes  which  fill  our  waters,  or  of  the 
lower  tribes  of  animals  that  swarm  both  in  air  and  in  sea. 

“Some  few  individuals  there  were,  who  were  distin- 
guished by  high  attainments  in  particular  branches,  and 
who  formed  honorable  exceptions  to  the  indifference 
which  prevailed;  but  there  was  no  concentration  of 
opinions  or  of  knowledge,  and  no  means  of  knowing 
how  much  or  how  little  was  known.  The  laborer  in 
natural  history  worked  alone,  without  aid  or  encourage- 
ment from  others  engaged  in  the  same  pursuits,  and 
without  the  approbation  of  the  public  mind,  which  re- 
garded them  as  busy  triflers.” 

The  Presidency  of  the  new  Society  was  first  offered 
to  Mr.  Thomas  Nuttall,  the  well-known  botanist  and 
ornithologist ; but  as  he  was  only  a transient  resident  of 
Boston,  he  declined  the  office.  The  names  of  subse- 
quent officers  will  be  found  in  the  list  on  page  49. 

The  regular  meetings  were  at  first  held,  monthly,  in 
one  of  the  rooms  of  the  old  Athenseum  Building  in 
Pearl  Street;  but  since  August,  1833,  when  the  col- 
lections were  removed  to  the  third  story  of  the  building 
of  the  Provident  Institution  for  Savings  in  Tremont 
Street,  now  occupied  by  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  they  have  been  held  (except  in  summer)  twice 
a month. 

At  the  early  meetings  of  the  Society,  it  was  cus- 
tomary to  refer  every  donation,  whether  to  the  museum 
or  library,  to  some  member,  who  should  make  it  the 


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basis  of  an  essay.  In  this  way,  many  were  induced  to 
engage  in  some  scientific  inquiry,  which  otherwise  they 
would  never  have  undertaken.  On  other  occasions, 
for  several  consecutive  months,  a number  of  short 
popular  lectures  were  given  and  the  public  invited  to 
attend. 

There  seems  to  have  been  no  lack  of  zeal  or  interest 
among  its  members ; yet  the  heavy  expense  attending 
the  formation  of  a cabinet,  and  the  attempt  to  establish 
a scientific  journal,  when  natural  history  was  not  so  pop- 
ular as  now,  weighed  heavily  upon  the  Association. 
From  its  birth  it  was  burdened  with  a debt  which  could 
not  be  shaken  off,  notwithstanding  a five  years’  subsidy 
of  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum  granted  by  the 
State  in  1835.  Not  until  1841  was  the  Treasury  re- 
ported solvent. 

The  Society  was  indebted  for  its  first  permanent 
endowment  to  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Ambrose  S.  Cour- 
tis, a merchant,  comparatively  little  known  among 
scientific  men,  who  by  diligence  and  prudence  had  been 
enabled  to  retire  early  in  life  with  a competence. 
While  in  Europe  in  1834,  he  first  evinced  his  regard 
for  the  Society  by  the  donation  of  a solar  microscope, 
with  an  achromatic  lens,  made  by  Dolland,  of  London. 
Soon  afterwards  he  forwarded  a copy  of  his  will,  by 
which  he  bequeathed  to  the  Society  several  sums  for 
specific  purposes — amounting  in  all  to  fifteen  thousand 
dollars — and  an  order  for  the  immediate  payment  of  a 


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part,  lest  his  intentions  should  be  defeated.  Two  thou- 
sand dollars  were  received  by  the  Society;  but  the 
money  was  unfortunately  lost,  by  the  failure  of  the  bank 
in  which  it  was  deposited,  before  it  became  available. 
Mr.  Courtis  died  while  abroad,  in  1838.  In  his  last 
will  he  not  only  confirmed  his  previous  bequests  to 
the  Society,  but  made  it  his  residuary  legatee.  The 
legacies,  however,  were  accompanied  by  embarrassing 
conditions,  which  forbade  their  direct  application  to  the 
use  of  the  Society  for  a long  period  of  years.  Permis- 
sion was  therefore  obtained  from  the  Legislature  of  the 
State,  to  which  the  legacies  reverted  in  case  they  were 
not  accepted,  to  compromise  with  the  heirs  at  law,  and 
in  1840,  ten  thousand  dollars  were  received  by  the  Soci- 
ety for  its  immediate  and  unconditional  use. 

In  the  same  year,  Mr.  Simon  E.  Greene,  a former 
treasurer  of  the  Society,  bequeathed  a small  collection 
of  books  and  specimens,  and  five  hundred  dollars  in 
money.  Other  members  of  the  Society  have  shown  an 
equal  interest  in  its  success,  if  not  by  the  gift  or  bequest 
of  large  sums  of  money,  at  least  by  their  personal, 
unremitted  and  unrequited  service,  in  times  when  the 
pecuniary  condition  of  the  Society  forbade  the  em- 
ployment even  of  unskilled  labor  for  the  ordinary 
drudgery  of  a museum.  In  its  later  days  of  increased 
prosperity,  the  Society  will  not  forget  the  names  nor  the 
services  of  Drs.  S.  L.  Abbot,  W.  O.  Ayres,  John  Bacon, 
Amos  Binney,  T.  M.  Brewer,  H.  Bryant,  W.  I.  Burnett, 


3 


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S.  Cabot,  Martin  Gay,  A.  A.  Gould,  T.  W.  Harris,  A.  A. 
Hayes,  E.  Howe,  C.  T.  Jackson,  J.  B.  S.  Jackson,  S. 
Kneeland,  W.  Lems,  1ST.  B.  Shurtleff,  William  Stimpson, 
D.  H.  Storer,  H.  R.  Storer,  J.  C.  Warren,  J.  C.  White 
and  Jeffries  Wyman,  of  Messrs.  F.  Alger,  T.  T.  Bouve, 
C.  K.  Dillaway,  G.  B.  Emerson,  C.  J.  Sprague  and 
J.  E.  Teschemacher,  nor  of  others  whose  names,  un- 
known to  scientific  fame,  are  frequently  seen  in  its 
records,  and  through  whose  efficient  aid  the  public 
interest  in  the  Society  was  not  suffered  to  fail. 

In  1847,  the  Society  was  forced  to  remove  again,  hav- 
ing outgrown  its  apartments  on  Tremont  Street.  The 
importance  of  possessing  a building  exclusively  de- 
voted to  its  use  was  so  great,  and  the  claims  of  the 
Association  were  so  generally  acknowledged,  that  a sub- 
scription fund  was  started  and  nearly  thirty  thousand 
dollars  obtained ; with  this  sum  the  old  Medical  College 
in  Mason  Street  was  purchased  and  fitted  up,  and  the 
first  meeting  held  there  January  5th,  1848.  From  this 
time  the  Society  increased  rapidly  in  numbers  and 
influence,  although  it  received  no  important  bequests 
for  nearly  fifteen  years.  In  1861,  ten  thousand 
dollars  were  received  through  the  bequest  of  Mr. 
Jonathan  Phillips,  and  at  about  the  same  time  Dr. 
William  J.  Walker  commenced  his  series  of  gifts,  which 
culminated  in  the  munificent  bequest  which  now  forms 
the  permanent  strength  of  the  Society.  The  collec- 
tions had  again  spread  beyond  their  limits,  and  the 


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Society  was  taking  active  steps  for  a new  appeal  to 
the  public,  when  this  assistance  secured  to  it  the  build- 
ing fund  that  was  needed,  and  a share  in  the  public  inter- 
est that  has  never  been  withdrawn.  Dr.  Walker  offered 
twenty  thousand  dollars  (provided  the  Society  would 
raise  an  equal  amount),  and  presented  a large  dwelling 
house,  where  meetings  could  be  held  and  the  library  and 
collections  temporarily  stored. 

Already  the  new  land  which  the  State  was  adding 
to  the  western  part  of  the  city  had  suggested  itself  as  a 
suitable  location  wherein  to  centralize  the  institutions 
which  fostered  the  sciences  and  arts.  These  institutions 
were  associated  through  a committee  of  public  spirited 
citizens,  who  had  memorialized  the  Legislature  for  grants 
of  land  in  the  new  district,  but  without  success ; not  dis- 
heartened, they  matured  their  plans  more  fully,  and  by 
the  aid  of  a public  interest,  which  they  themselves  cre- 
ated, and  by  an  enthusiastic  perseverance,  which  forced 
its  way  through  every  obstacle,  they  finally  obtained, 
with  certain  objectionable  provisions,  a grant  of  land 
occupying  a complete  square,  one-third  of  which  was 
to  be  devoted  to  the  uses  of  the  Society,  and  two-thirds 
to  those  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 
The  objectionable  provisions  were  subsequently  an- 
nulled. For  the  success  of  this  undertaking  the  two 
institutions  are  especially  indebted  to  the  energetic 
labors  of  Professor  William  B.  Rogers,  Dr.  Samuel 
Kneeland  and  Mr.  M.  D.  Ross,  although  many  others, 


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most  of  whom  were  not  active  members  of  the  Society, 
contributed  largely  to  it. 

The  sum  of  money  required  by  the  gift  of  Dr.  W alker 
was  raised,  the  old  museum  sold  to  the  city  for  a school- 
house,  and,  with  the  funds  thus  obtained,  the  building 
now  occupied  by  the  Society  was  erected  on  the 
State  grant  of  land.  Before  it  was  completed,  Dr. 
Walker  offered  to  establish  a fund  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars  for  the  maintenance  of  the  collections,  provided 
other  friends  would  raise  an  equal  sum  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. As  the  expenses  of  building  during  the  early  years 
of  the  war  had  absorbed  nearly  all  the  funds  of  the  In- 
stitution, nothing  could  have  been  more  gratifying  than 
this  gift  or  the  generosity  with  which  the  friends  of  the 
Society  responded  to  Dr.  Walker’s  call.  The  building 
was  publicly  dedicated  on  the  2d  of  June,  1864.  On  the 
2d  of  April  of  the  following  year  Dr.  Walker  died,  leav- 
ing most  of  his  property  in  equal  parts  to  four  public 
institutions,1  besides  making  them  his  residuary  legatees. 
The  Society  has  already  received  over  one  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  dollars  of  this  bequest,  but  owing 
to  litigation,— the  result  of  which  is  still  undecided — 
the  remainder  of  the  property  is  retained  by  the  exec- 
utors to  cover  every  possible  demand. 

Other  friends  have  recently  shown  their  appreciation 
of  the  influence  of  the  Society.  In  1863,  Dr.  B.  D. 

1 The  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, Amherst  College  and  Tufts  College. 


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Greene,  the  first  acting  President,  bequeathed  to  it  his 
library  and  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  dollars  for  building 
purposes.  In  1865,  the  Society  received  a library  fund 
of  five  thousand  dollars  as  a memorial  of  Mr.  Huntington 
Frothingham  Wolcott,  who  had  died  after  a short  mem- 
bership, but  with  a deep  interest  in  the  Society.  In 
1867,  Miss  Sarah  P.  Pratt  bequeathed  ten  thousand 
dollars  for  the  maintenance  and  increase  of  the  concho- 
logical  department  in  the  museum  and  library.  Still 
more  recently  the  treasury  has  been  enriched  by  legacies 
of  twenty  thousand  dollars  from  Mr.  P.  P.  Pope  and  of 
five  thousand  dollars  from  Mr.  Henry  Harris. 

The  Society  has  attempted  to  excite  and  foster  a taste 
for  Natural  History  in  four  ways : by  the  free  exhi- 
bition of  its  collections  tastefully  and  scientifically 
arranged ; by  placing  upon  its  shelves  a library  of  refer- 
ence in  natural  history  and  kindred  sciences ; by  giving 
public  lectures  upon  the  same  subjects  ; and  by  publish- 
ing the  results  of  the  scientific  studies  of  its  members. 

It  is  unquestionably  by  the  increase  of  its  cabinet  that 
the  Society  has  grown  hitherto.  This  has  been  its  most 
expensive  burden,  the  chief  cause  of  its  repeated  removals 
to  larger  halls,  the  object  of  the  greatest  popular  inter- 
est and  the  grand  incitement  to  patronage.  It  was  to 
this  that  the  attention  of  the  young  naturalists  forming 
the  Society  was  first  turned,  and  a collection  was  made 
with  a rapidity  proportioned  to  their  zeal.  The  nucleus 
of  the  cabinet  consisted  of  about  one  thousand  species  of 


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shells  deposited  (and  afterwards  presented)  by  Dr.  Amos 
Binney,  and  the  geological  and  mineralogical  collection 
of  Dr.  C.  T.  Jackson,  at  that  time  one  of  the  most  com- 
plete in  America.  Around  these  clustered  from  time  to 
time  other  collections  of  more  or  less  importance,  to  a 
few  of  which  only  allusion  can  be  made.  The  Lafresnaye 
collection  of  Birds,  purchased  and  presented  by  Dr. 
Henry  Bryant  in  1865,  contains  nearly  nine  thousand 
mounted  specimens,  and  is  especially  rich  in  typical 
specimens  from  tropical  America.  The  Insect  collection 
of  Prof.  N.  M..  Hentz,  consisting  of  thirty  thousand  speci- 
mens of  about  four  thousand  species,  was  purchased  by 
private  subscription  in  1836,  but  was  long  since  entirely 
destroyed.  Dr.  T.  W.  Harris’s  collection  of  about  thir- 
teen thousand  native  insects,  especially  valuable  from 
the  number  of  types  which  it  contained,  was  presented 
by  several  gentlemen  in  1860  ; this,  with  the  later  bequest 
of  Mr.  C.  A.  Shurtleff,  has  made  our  collection  of  Amer- 
ican species  quite  important.  In  the  early  days  of  the 
Society,  through  the  interest  of  Drs.  Amos  Binney, 
A.  A.  Gould,  Messrs.  J.  P.  Couthouy,  J.  W.  Mighels 
and  H.  T.  Parker,  constant  additions  were  made  to  the 
conch ological  department ; recently,  the  choice  and  val- 
uable bequest  of  Miss  Sarah  P.  Pratt  has  given  it  an 
unusual  value.  The  extensive  and  well  preserved  her- 
barium of  Dr.  B.  D.  Greene,  presented  to  us  shortly 
before  his  death,  places  the  botanical  department  upon 
a very  substantial  basis,  as  it  contains  the  fruit  of 


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twenty-live  years’  constant  intercourse  and  exchange 
with  botanists  all  over  the  world,  and  is  very  rich  in 
special  collections.  Mention  must  be  made  of  the 
important  collection  of  Algae  bequeathed  by  Prof. 
J.  W.  Bailey  and  of  Fungi  given  by  Mr.  C.  J.  Sprague ; 
Professor  Bailey’s  bequest  also  included  his  microscop- 
ical preparations  of  Diatoms,  and  of  vegetable  and  ani- 
mal tissues.  Conspicuous  in  the  museum  are  the  series 
of  casts  of  fossils  from  the  Sivalik  Hills,  presented  by 
the  East  India  Company,  through  the  solicitation  of  the 
Hon.  Abbott  Lawrence,  then  American  Minister  to  the 
Court  of  St.  James,  and  the  cast  of  the  Megatherium, 
received  from  the  late  Mr.  Joshua  Bates  of  London. 
But  as  it  is  impossible  to  specify  all  of  the  most  valua- 
ble gifts,  the  names  only  of  a few  of  the  remaining 
donors  will  be  added : — The  Rev.  Messrs.  F.  Mason  of 
Burmah,  J.  S.  C.  Greene  and  F.  W.  P.  Greenwood, 
Mrs.  Henry  Bryant,  Drs.  F.  W.  Cragin  of  Surinam, 
T.  W.  Harris,  J.  B.  S.  Jackson,  Samuel  Kneeland, 
Winslow  Lewis,  N.  B.  Shurtleff,  D.  H.  Storer,  John  C. 
Warren  and  C.  F.  Winslow,  Messrs.  Francis  Alger, 
James  ^M.  Barnard,  W.  T.  Brigham,  Martin  Brimmer, 
George  B.  Emerson,  S.  E.  Greene,  C.  S.  Hale,  J.  N. 
Reynolds  and  C.  A.  Shurtleff,  the  Government  Museum 
at  Melbourne  and  the  Smithsonian  Institution. 

The  museum  has  always  been  freely  open  to  the 
public;  at  first  on  Wednesdays  only  from  twelve  to  two 
o’clock,  now  on  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  from  ten 


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until  five.  It  is  also  open  to  all  members  on  Thurs- 
days, during  the  same  hours,  and  to  others  bring- 
ing the  cards  of  admission  obtainable  of  patrons  and 
life  members.  On  other  days  not  only  is  the  museum 
closed  but  the  cases  are  darkened,  rendering  an  attempt 
to  see  the  collections  generally  futile  and  always  unsatis- 
factory. 

The  Custodian  is  the  only  salaried  officer  of  the 
Institution,  but  assistance  is  regularly  employed  in 
the  library  and  museum,  as  well  as  occasional  aid  for 
special  purposes.  The  arrangement  of  the  collections 
in  general  is  voluntarily  performed  by  the  officers  in 
charge  of  each  department,  assisted  oftentimes  by  some 
of  the  younger  members  of  the  Society. 

When  the  Society  was  organized,  the  great  obstacle  to 
the  study  of  natural  history  was  the  want  of  any  large 
collection  of  books.  This  was  so  strongly  felt,  that 
many  who  possessed  a few  volumes  on  subjects  to  which 
they  had  given  their  particular  attention  presented  them 
to  the  Society.  Many  more  books  were  purchased  by 
private  subscription,  and  in  1842  the  library  contained 
about  one  thousand  volumes.  Among  these  early  ac- 
cessions were  both  editions  of  Audubon’s  Birds  of 
America — the  larger  given  by  the  Hon.  Thomas  H. 
Perkins.  Another  copy  of  the  folio  edition,  previously 
obtained  by  subscription,  was  afterwards  sold,  and  other 
books  purchased  with  the  money  received.  In  1840, 
one-third  of  the  income  from  the  Courtis  fund  was  as- 


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signed  to  the  library;  and  this  small  sum  (about  two 
hundred  dollars),  was  the  only  appropriation  for  the 
purchase  of  scientific  books  until  the  reception  of  the 
Wolcott  fund  of  five  thousand  dollars. 

In  1849,  an  agreement  was  made  between  the 
Society  and  “A  Republican  Institution,”  by  which  the 
latter  granted  over  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  for  the 
purchase  of  books  to  be  permanently  deposited  in  the 
library.  One  half  of  the  sum  was  expended  by  the 
Society  for  books  on  natural  history;  the  other  half 
by  the  Institution  for  works  on  history,  geography, 
biography,  politics,  and  finance.  Ever  since  that  time 
the  Institution  has  annually  deposited  a few  volumes 
on  the  same  subjects,  besides  others  on  popular  sci- 
ence and  travel.  In  consideration  of  these  valuable  gifts, 
the  members  of  this  Institution  are  allowed  the  same 
privileges  in  the  use  of  the  Society’s  library,  as  the 
members  of  the  Society. 

In  1855,  Mr.  James  Brown  bequeathed  a number  of 
costly  illustrated  works  on  birds  and  mammals,  and,  in 
the  succeeding  year,  Mrs.  Binney  deposited  with  the 
Society  a great  portion  of  the  library  of  Dr.  Amos 
Binney,  a former  President  of  the  Society,  numbering 
over  one  thousand  volumes.  In  1857,  Prof.  J.  W. 
Bailey,  in  addition  to  the  legacies  already  mentioned, 
bequeathed  his  choice  microscopical  library  and  manu- 
scripts, and,  in  1860,  the  library  of  the  late  Dr.  T.  W. 
Harris,  composed  exclusively  of  entomological  and  agri- 


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cultural  works,  was  purchased  and  presented  to  the 
Society  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Cushing.  The  largest  addition 
ever  made  to  the  library  was  in  1863,  when  it  received, 
from  the  bequest  of  Dr.  B.  D.  Greene,  fifteen  hundred 
volumes,  almost  exclusively  botanical,  and  many  of  them 
costly,  illustrated  works. 

Exchanges  with  foreign  scientific  Academies,  which 
of  late  years  have  multiplied  with  extraordinary  rapid- 
ity, constitute  the  chief  source  of  regular  increase  in  the 
library.  In  1861,  the  Society  corresponded  with  forty 
of  these  institutions;  in  1866,  the  number  had  reached 
two  hundred  and  seventy-one.  Nearly  one-third  of  the 
library  now  consists  of  these  publications  alone. 

The  library  is  open  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  from  10 
A.  M.  to  1 P.  M.,  and  from  2 to  5 P.  M.  Periodicals 
and  Society  publications  of  recent  date  and  new  books, 
are  placed  on  tables  or  in  cases  by  themselves,  and  mem- 
bers are  requested  to  furnish  the  names  of  any  works 
they  may  desire  to  have  purchased.  Books  can  be  re- 
tained without  renewal  for  one  month,  and  by  successive 
renewals  for  three  consecutive  months. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  Society,  lectures  on  various 
subjects  connected  with  natural  history  were  given  by 
its  members;  other  courses  on  miscellaneous  subjects 
sprang  up  so  rapidly  in  different  parts  of  the  city  that 
every  evening  of  the  week  was  soon  occupied.  It  was 
therefore  deemed  expedient  to  discontinue  the  lectures 
on  natural  history,  but  they  were  renewed  at  different 


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times  and  became  occasionally  a source  of  profit  to  the 
Society.  In  1867,  on  the  completion  of  the  new  lecture 
hall,  courses  were  again  commenced  and  will  be  regu- 
larly continued  from  year  to  year.  They  are  given  at 
irregular  intervals,  and  announced  by  advertisements 
in  the  newspapers  and  by  placards  upon  the  bulletin 
board  at  the  museum ; a small  admission  fee  is  charged, 
not  for  the  sake  of  profit — for  when  the  hall  is  filled, 
the  expenses  exceed  the  receipts  — but  to  secure  the 
attendance  of  persons  interested  in  natural  science. 

For  many  years  the  Boston  Journal  of  Natural  His- 
tory, an  illustrated  publication,  was  issued  by  the  Soci- 
ety ; it  contained  the  more  important  papers  read  at  its 
meetings,  and  appeared,  at  first,  with  remarkable  regu- 
larity— afterward,  at  more  distant  intervals.  It  continued 
through  seven  octavo  volumes  of  four  parts  each,  from 
1834  until  1864,  when  it  was  replaced  by  a quarto  series, 
also  published  in  parts,  entitled  Memoirs  of  the  Boston 
Society  of  Natural  History. 

As  this  series  contained  no  account  of  the  scientific 
discussions  and  business  transactions  of  the  Society,  ex- 
tracts from  the  records  of  the  meetings  were  published 
for  several  years  in  “Silliman’s  American  Journal  of 
Science  but  in  1841  the  Society  commenced  a series  of 
its  own,  under  the  title  of  Proceedings,  which  also  em- 
braced short  papers  and  abstracts  of  longer  ones  given  in 
full  in  the  Journal.  The  series  is  still  continued  and 
distributed  in  sheets,  and,  of  late  years,  the  Annual 


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Reports  of  the  officers,  extracted  from  the  Proceed- 
ings, have  been  published  separately.  Formerly  the 
Proceedings  were  distributed  gratuitously  to  all  mem- 
bers, but  since  the  great  accession  to  their  numbers,  this 
plan  has  been  discontinued.  The  official  Reports  and  the 
Annual  will,  however,  be  furnished  to  every  Resident 
Member  and  Patron  who  will  keep  the  Secretary  in- 
formed of  his  address.  It  is  proposed  to  add  another 
series  to  those  already  established,  under  the  title  of 
Occasional  Papers  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History ; it  will  consist  of  separate  works  printed  in 
octavo,  with  or  without  illustrations.  Most  of  the 
type-setting  is  done  in  the  Society’s  building. 

It  should  be  mentioned,  that  the  Natural  History 
Survey  of  the  State  was  proposed,  urged  and  finally 
carried  into  execution  by  the  members  of  the  Society. 
It  was  the  first  thing  of  the  kind  ever  fully  completed  in 
this  country;  and  the  valuable  reports  which  followed, 
some  of  which  were  first  published  in  the  Society’s 
J ournal,  served  as  models  for  future  works  of  the  kind. 
The  survey  formed  an  era  in  the  progress  of  natural 
history  in  the  United  States,  the  effect  of  which  is  not 
likely  to  cease. 

As  it  is  not  a requisite  for  membership1  that  a person 
should  be  directly  interested  in  the  study  of  Natural 

History,  the  number  of  immediate  members  greatly  ex- 

» 

1 For  the  conditions  of  membership  see  the  first  article  of  the  By-Laws 
on  page  17. 


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ceeds  that  of  the  working  men  of  the  Society.  The  priv- 
ileges of  members  are,  free  access  to  the  museum  on 
Thursdays,  as  well  as  on  the  public  days,  the  use  of  the 
library,  and  admission  to  the  meetings  of  the  Society. 
Resident  Members  are  subject  to  an  annual  assessment 
of  five  dollars,  but  may  become  Life  Members,  exempt 
from  future  assessments,  by  the  single  payment  of  one 
hundred  dollars  for  that  purpose.  The  same  sum  given 
in  one  payment  constitutes  any  one  a Patron. 

Except  during  a portion  of  July,  August  and  Sep- 
tember, the  meetings  of  the  Society  are  held  on  the 
first  and  third  Wednesdays  of  every  month;  scientific 
communications  are  heard,  donations  are  received  and  the 
incidental  business  of  the  Society  is  transacted.  Most 
of  the  business,  especially  that  relating  to  finance,  is 
confided  to  the  Council,  or  board  of  officers,  which  also 
holds  meetings  twice  a month.  In  addition,  the  meetings 
of  the  Section  of  Microscopy,  founded  in  1857  and  re- 
organized in  1864,  are  held  on  the  second  Wednesday, 
and  those  of  the  Section  of  Entomology,  established  in 
1866,  on  the  fourth  Wednesday  of  the  month.  The 
general  meetings  of  the  Society  are  held  in  the  lecture 
hall ; those  of  the  Sections  in  the  library  of  the  museum. 
At  the  quarterly  meetings  of  the  Society  in  January, 
April,  July  and  October,  elections  of  members  are  held. 
At  the  Annual  meeting  in  May  the  Society  chooses  offi- 
cers for  the  ensuing  year,  the  Custodian  reports  on  the 
condition  and  doings  of  the  Institution,  the  Treasurer  and 


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Trustees  on  its  finances,  and  the  Walker  Prize  Com- 
mittee announces  the  successful  competitors  for  the  past 
year  and  the  subjects  of  the  prizes  for  the  next  two 
years.  The  Council  chooses  annually  a publishing  com- 
mittee of  five,  a library  committee  of  three,  a committee 
of  three  to  audit  the  financial  reports,  and  a prize  com- 
mittee to  select  questions  for  prizes  and  determine  to 
whom  the  awards  shall  be  made. 

The  regular  income  of  the  Society  is  derived  from  the 
following  sources : — 

1.  The  General  Fund.  This  consists  mainly  of  Dr. 
Walker’s  bequest,  invested  in  manufacturing  stocks,  city 
and  railroad  bonds,  etc.,  and  is  estimated  at  a value  of 
more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars. 
It  is  available  for  any  purposes  of  the  Society. 

2.  The  Working  and  Prize  Fund.  This  is  invested 
in  notes  receivable,  secured  by  mortgage,  and  amounts 
to  more  than  forty  thousand  dollars.  One  half  of  the 
fund  (representing  the  miscellaneous  subscriptions)  is 
held  for  the  support  of  the  museum  in  general;  the 
income  from  the  other  half  (representing  the  gift  of  Dr. 
Walker)  is  used  for  the  payment  of  prizes, 1 for  the 
preservation  and  exhibition  of  objects  in  the  museum, 
and  for  repairs  on  the  building ; it  cannot  be  applied  to 
the  construction  of  cases,  nor  to  the  purchase  and  prepa- 
ration of  specimens. 

3.  The  Building  Fund,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the 


1 See  page  126. 


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Bulfinch  Street  estate,  the  gift  of  Dr.  Walker.  This  is 
invested  partly  in  notes  secured  by  mortgage  and  partly 
in  U.  S.  bonds.  The  sum  originally  amounted  to  over 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  is  kept,  together  with  the 
interest  accruing  thereon,  as  an  accumulating  fund,  to 
be  used  at  some  future  time  in  the  extension  of  the 
building. 

4.  The  Courtis  Fund,  which  amounts  to  ten  thousand 
dollars,  invested  in  St.  Louis  City  Bonds.  This  fund  is 
applicable  to  general  purposes. 

5.  The  Sarah  P.  Pratt  Fund  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 
invested  in  railroad  bonds.  The  interest  is  applied  to 
the  care  and  increase  , of  the  collection  of  shells  and  to 
the  conchological  portion  of  the  library. 

6.  The  H.  F.  Wolcott  fund  of  five  thousand  dollars, 
invested  in  U.  S.  Treasury  notes.  The  interest  is  used 
for  the  purchase  of  books. 

7.  The  annual  assessments,  amounting  to  over  one 
thousand  dollars,  and  the  initiation  fees,  to  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  both  of  which  are  expended 
for  general  purposes. 

8.  The  sale  of  the  Society’s  publications,  amounting 
to  about  eight  hundred  dollars  annually,  and  the  rent  of 
the  printing  office  (one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars), 
which  help  to  defray  the  cost  of  the  publications. 

Although  these  sources  of  income  may,  at  first  sight, 
seem  sufficient  for  the  proper  maintenance  of  the  Soci- 
ety, a little  consideration  will  show  the  necessity  for  a 


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much  larger  endowment.  The  income  of  fifty  thousand 
dollars  of  the  property  is  applied  to  special  purposes, 
abridging,  thereby,  the  means  for  general  use.  The  in- 
terior of  the  building  is  not  yet  entirely  completed,  and 
its  extension  is  contemplated  at  an  early  day ; the  ex- 
penses attendant  upon  the  rearrangment  of  the  collec- 
tions have  only  begun  to  be  felt,  and  a much  greater 
amount  of  skilled  labor  is  requisite  to  make  the  col- 
lections as  instructive  as  they  should  be.  The  library  is 
extremely  deficient  in  many  important  works,  and  the 
money  annually  devoted  to  it  is  insufficient  to  buy  the 
most  valuable  recent  standard  works  on  natural  history. 
Strict  economy  must  be  practised  in  the  illustration  of 
scientific  papers  presented  for  publication,  although  on 
this  depends  much  of  the  value  of  original  research  in 
natural  history.  At  the  same  time,  specimens  in  all  the 
various  departments  are  multiplying  so  rapidly  as  to  call 
for  a corresponding  increase  of  expenditure  for  their 
preparation  and  preservation.  Unless  public  interest 
shall  contribute  yet  further  to  these  growing  necessities, 
the  Society  will  be  abridged  of  its  means  to  carry  on  to 
full  fruition  the  objects  for  which  it  was  established. 


PAST  OFFICERS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


PRESIDENTS. 

Elected. 

Retired • 

Thomas  Nuttall, 

May,  13,  1830. 

Aug.  9,  1830. 

Benjamin  D.  Greene, 

Aug.  9,  1830. 

May  3,  1837. 

George  B.  Emerson, 

May  3,  1837. 

May  17,  1843. 

Amos  Binney, 

May  17,  1843. 

May  5,  1847. 

John  Collins  .Warren, 

May  5, 1847. 

May  4,  1856.  l 

Jeffries  Wyman , 

June  18,  1856. 

- 

George  Hayward, 

FIRST  VICE  PRESIDENTS. 

May  13,  1830. 

May  12,  1832. 

John  Ware, 

May  12,  1832. 

May  4,  1836. 

F.  W.  P.  Greenwood, 

May  4, 1836. 

May  5,  1841. 

Amos  Binney, 

May  5,  1841. 

May  17,  1843. 

Charles  T.  Jackson, 

May  17,  1843. 

John  Ware, 

SECOND  VICE  PRESIDENTS. 

May  13,  1830. 

May  12,  1832. 

Francis  C.  Gray, 

May  12,  1832. 

May  7,  1834. 

F.  W.  P.  Greenwood, 

May  7,  1834. 

May  4,  1836. 

Walter  Channing, 

May  4,  1836. 

May  3,  1837. 

4 


1 By  death. 


50 


Elected. 

Retired. 

Amos  Binney, 

May  3,  1837. 

May  5,  1841. 

C.  T.  Jackson, 

May  5,  1841. 

May  17,  1843. 

D.  Humphreys  Storer, 

May  17,  1843. 

May  2,  1860. 

Augustus  A.  Gould, 

May  2,  1860. 

Sept.  15,  1866.  i 

Thomas  T.  Bouvet, 

No v.  21,  1866. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES. 

Gamaliel  Bradford, 

May  13,  1830. 

May  7, 1834. 

Amos  Binney, 

May  7,  1834. 

May  3,  1837. 

Epes  S.  Dixwell, 

May  3,  1837. 

May  17,  1843. 

Augustus  A.  Gould, 

May  17,  1843. 

May  1,  1850. 

J.  Elliot  Cabot, 

May  1,  1850. 

June  1,  1853. 

S.  L.  Abbot, 

Nov.  2,  1853. 

RECORDING  SECRETARIES. 

Theophilus  Parsons, 

May  13,  1830. 

Sept.  2,  1830. 

D.  Humphreys  Storer, 

Sept.  2,  1830. 

May  4,  1836. 

Martin  Gay, 

May  4,  1836. 

May  2,  1838. 

Augustus  A.  Gould, 

May  2,  1838. 

May  15,  1839. 

Jeffries  Wyman, 

May  15,  1839. 

Mar.  17,  1841. 

Frederick  A.  Eddy, 

May  5,  1841. 

April  20,  1842 

T.  Bulfinch, 

May  4,  1842. 

May  3,  1848. 

S.  L.  Abbot, 

May  3,  1848. 

Oct.  19,  1853. 

Benjamin  S.  Shaw, 

Nov.  2,  1853. 

June  2,  1858. 

Samuel  Kneeland,  Jr., 

June  16,  1858. 

May  7,  1862. 

Samuel  IJ.  Scudder, 

May  7,  1862. 

TREASURERS. 

Simon  E.  Greene, 

May  13,  1830. 

May  2,  1832. 

Amos  Binney, 

May  2,  1832. 

May  7,  18C4. 

1 B)7  death. 

i A 


Elected. 

Retired. 

Epes  S.  Dixwell, 

May  7,  1834. 

Dec.  7,  1836. 

Ezra  Weston,  Jr., 

Dec.  7,  1836. 

May  1,  1839. 

John  James  Dixwell, 

May  1,  1839. 

May  14,  1845. 

Patrick  T.  Jackson,  Jr., 

May  14,  1845. 

May  1,  1850. 

Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff, 

May  1,  1850. 

May  5,  1858. 

Amos  Binney, 

May  5,  1858. 

Sept.  4,  1861. 

Thomas  T.  Bouve, 
Edward  Pickering, 

Sept.  4,  1861. 
May  3,  1865. 

LIBRARIANS. 

May  3,  1865. 

Seth  Bass, 

May  13,  1830. 

May  2,  1832. 

Charles  Amory, 

May  2,  1832. 

May  1,  1833. 

Charles  K.  D ilia  way, 
Samuel  H.  Scudder, 

May  1,  1833. 

, May  4,  1864. 

CABINET-KEEPERS. 

May  4,  1864. 

Estes  Howe, 

May  7, 1834. 

May  20,  1835. 

Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff, 

May  20,  1835. 

May  3,  1837. 

T.  M.  Brewer, 

May  3,  1837. 

May  2,  1838. 

Jeffries  Wyman, 

May  2,  1838. 

May  1,  1839. 

Samuel  Cabot,  Jr., 

May  1,  1839. 

Oct.  2,  1839. 

William  I.  Bowditch, 

Oct.  2,  1839. 

Nov.  5,  1839. 

Samuel  L.  Abbot, 

Nov.  5,  1839. 

Dec.  30,1840. 

Henry  J.  Bigelow, 

Dec.  30,  1840. 

Mar.  17,  1841. 

Thomas  T.  Bouv£. 

May  5,  1841. 

May  4,  1842. 

Henry  Bryant, 

May  4,  1842. 

Oct.  4,  1843. 

Henry  J.  Bigelow, 

Nov.  1,  1843. 

May  5,  1847. 

Samuel  Rneeland,  Jr., 

May  5,  1847. 

May  2,  1849. 

C.  C.  Sheafe, 

May  2,  1849. 

May  5,  1852. 

Charles  Stodder, 

This 

May  5,  1852. 

office  was  abolished  in  1864. 

May  4,  1864. 

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Samuel  H.  Scudder, 
Samuel  H.  Scudder, 


CUSTODIANS. 

Elected . 
May  4,  1864. 
Oct.  3,  1866. 


Retired . 
May  3,  1865. 


CURATORS. 


Benjamin  D.  Greene,  May 

Francis  C.  Gray,  May 

Walter  Channing,  May 

Edward  Brooks,  May 

Amos  Binney,  May 

Jos.  W.  McKean,  May 

George  B.  Emerson,  May 

Francis  Alger,  May 

J.  S.  Copley  Greene,  Sept 

Joshua  B.  Flint,  May 

Augustus  A.  Gould, . May 

Winslow  Lewis,  Jr.,  May 

William  B.  Fowle,  May 

Clement  Durgin,  May 

G.  W.  Otis,  May 

Charles  T.  Jackson,  May 

John  B.  S.  Jackson,  May 

Thaddeus  W.  Harris,  May 

J.  E.  Teschemaclier,  May 

Martin  Gay,  May 

D.  Humphreys  Storer,  May 

N.  B.  Shurtleff,  May 

The  curatorships  were  assigned 
time  in  1838. 


13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
13,  1830. 
. 2,  1830. 
4,  1831. 
4,  1831. 
2,  1832. 
2,  1832. 
2,  1832. 
2,  1832. 
1,  1833. 
7,  1834. 


20,  1835. 
20,  1835. 

4,  1836. 

3,  1837. 
to  special 


Sept.  2,  1830. 

May  2,  1832. 

May  4,  1831. 

May  4,  1831. 

May  2,  1832. 

May  20,  1835. 

May  3,  1837. 

May  7,  1834. 

May  2,  1832. 

May  2,  1832. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  20, 1835. 

May  1,  1833. 

May  20,  1835. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  4,  1836. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  2,  1838. 

departments  for  the  first 


CURATOR  OF  ETHNOLOGY. 


Charles  Pickering,  Feb.  5,  1862.  May  1,  1867. 

The  Curatorsliip*  of  Ethnology  was  abolished  in  1867. 


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Winslow  Lewis, 
Jeffries  Wyman, 


CURATORS  OF  MAMMALS. 
Elected. 

May  2,  1838. 

May  1, 1839. 


Retired. 
May  1,  1839. 
May  6,  1840 


CURATOR  OF  COMPARATIVE  ANATOMY. 

Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff,  May  2,  1838.  May  6,  1840. 

CURATORS  OF  COMPARATIVE  ANATOMY  AND  MAMMALS. 


Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff, 
Samuel  Kneeland,  Jr., 
Jeffries  Wyman, 

John  Green, 

James  C.  White, 

The  Curatorsliips  of 
united  in  1840. 


May  6,  1840. 
May  2,  1849. 
June  7,  1854. 
May  6,  1857. 
Dec.  1,  1858. 


May  2,  1849. 
June  7,  1854. 
May  6,  1857. 
Nov.  17,  1858. 
May  6,  1868. 


Mammals  and  of  Comparative  Anatomy  were 


CURATORS  OF  BIRDS. 


Thomas  M.  Brewer, 
Marshall  S.  Scudder, 
S.  L.  Abbot, 

Samuel  Cabot,  Jr., 
Henry  Bryant, 

J.  Eiliot  Cabot, 


May  2,  1838. 
May  6,  1840. 
Dec.  16,  1840. 
May  1,  1844. 
May  3,  1854. 
May  1,  1867. 


May  6,  1840. 
Dec.  16,  1840. 
May  1,  1844. 
May  3,  1854. 
Feb.  2,  1867. 1 


curator  of  birds  (nests  and  eggs). 


Thomas  M.  Brewer, 


July  2,  1851. 


CURATORS  OF  REPTILES  AND  FISH. 


D.  Humphreys  Storer,  May  2,  1838.  May  17,  1843. 

Jeffries  Wyman,  May  17,  1848.  May  3,  1848. 

The  Curatorship  was  separated  into  two  divisions  in  1848. 

2 By  death. 


54 


CURATORS  OF  REPTILES. 

Elected. 

Retired. 

Jeffries  Wyman, 

May  3,  1848. 

May  7,  1851. 

Horatio  R.  Storer, 

May  7,  1851. 

Dec.  21,  1853. 

Jeffries  Wyman, 

Jan.  4,  1854. 

June  7,  1854. 

J.  Nelson  Borland, 

Dec.  6,  1854. 

May  2,  1860. 

Samuel  A.  Green, 

May  2,  1860. 

May  1,  1861. 

Francis  If.  Brown, 

May  1,  1861. 

Oct.  4,  1865. 

Burt  G.  Wilder, 

Oct.  18,  1865. 

CURATORS  OF  FISHES. 

W.  0.  Ayres, 

May  3,  1848. 

July  16,  1851. 

Silas  Durkee, 

July  16,  1851. 

May  21,  1856. 

Samuel  Kneeland,  Jr., 

May  21,  1856. 

Sept.  3,  1856. 

N.  E.  Atwood, 

Dec.  17,  1856. 

May  5,  1858. 

Samuel  Kneeland,  Jr., 

May  5,  1858. 

May  4,  1859. 

F.  W.  Putnam, 

May  4,  1859. 

CURATORS  OF  INSECTS. 

T.  William  Harris, 

May  2,  1838. 

May^,  1848. 

Waldo  I.  Burnett, 

May  3,  1848. 

July  1,  1854. 1 

Henry  K.  Oliver,  Jr., 

May  2,  1855. 

Sept.  5,  1855. 

Silas  Durkee, 

May  21,  1856. 

May  5,  1858. 

Alex.  E.  R.  Agassiz, 

May  5,  1858. 

Mar.  2,  1859. 

Samuel  H.  Scudder, 

Mar.  16,  1859. 

CURATORS  OF  MOLLUSKS. 

T.  J.  Whittemore, 

June  5,  1839. 

May  5,  1841. 

Augustus  A.  Gould, 

May  5,  1841. 

May  17,  1843. 

A.  E.  Belknap, 

May  17,  1843. 

May  1,  1844. 

Augustus  A.  Gould, 

May  1,  1844. 

May  14,  1845. 

Edward  Tuckerman, 

May  14,  1845. 

May  6,  1846. 

1 By  death. 


55 


John  Bacon,  Jr., 
William  Read, 
William  Stimpson, 
T.  J.  Whittemore, 
Arthur  T.  Lyman, 
Nathan  Farrand, 
Alpheus  Hyatt, 
Edward  S.  Morse, 


Elected. 
May  6,  1846. 
May  3,  1848. 
Dec.  4,  1850. 
May  18,  1853. 
May  2,  1860. 
June  6,  1860. 
Oct.  21,  1863. 
May  1,  1867. 


Retired. 
May  3,  1848. 
Nov.  20,  1850. 
May  18,  1853. 
May  2,  1860. 
May  16,  1860. 
May  4,  1863. 
May  1,  1867. 


CURATORS  OF  CRUSTACEANS  AND  RADIATES. 


Amos  Binney, 
William  0.  Ayres, 
J.  B.  S.  Jackson, 
John  P.  Reynolds, 
Theodore  Lyman, 


Feb.  3,  1841. 
July  16,  1851. 
May  18,  1853. 
May  2,  1855. 
May  6,  1857. 


May  5,  1841. 
May  18,  1853. 
May  2,  1855. 
May  6,  1857. 
Sept.  2,  1857. 


The  Curatorship  was  separated  into  two  division in  1857. 


CURATORS  OF  CRUSTACEANS. 


H.  R.  Storer, 

Albert  Ordway, 

Alpheus  S.  Packard,  Jr., 


Sept.  2,  1857. 
May  4,  1859. 
Dec.  2,  1863. 


May  4,  1859. 
Dec  18,  1861. 


Theodore  Lyman, 
Addison  E.  Verrill, 


CURATORS  OF  RADIATES. 


Sept.  2,  1857. 
May  4,  1864. 


Mav  4,  1864. 


J.  E.  Teschemacher, 
Charles  James  Sprague, 
Horace  Mann, 


CURATORS  OF  BOTANY 

May  2,  1838. 

May  5,  1852. 

May  3,  1865. 


May  5,  1852. 
May  3,  1865. 


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Silas  Durkee, 
B.  Joy  Jeffries, 


CURATORS  OF  MICROSCOPY. 
Elected. 

June  3,  1857. 

May  2,  1860. 


Retired. 
May  2,  1860. 


curators  of  minerals  and  geology  (State  collection). 


Charles  T.  Jackson, 
T.  Buifinch, 


May  2,  1838. 
May  5,  1841. 


May  5,  1841. 
May  4,  1842. 


curator  of  minerals  and  geology  (Society  collection). 

Martin  Gay,  May  2,  1838.  May  4,  1842. 

The  State  Collection  was  withdrawn  from  the  Society’s  Museum,  and 
the  Curatorship  of  Mineralogy  and  Geology  divided,  in  1842. 


Martin  Gay, 

Francis  Alger, 

John  Bacon, 

William  T.  Brigham, 
Thomas  T.  Bouvd, 


curators  of  minerals. 

May  4,  1842. 

May  2,  1849. 

May  21,  1856. 

May  4,  1863. 

May  3,  1865. 

CURATORS  OF  GEOLOGY. 


May  2,  1849. 
May  21,  1856. 
May  4,  1863. 
May  3,  1865. 


Thomas  T.  Bouve, 
William  T.  Brigham, 


May  4,  1863. 


May  4,  1842. 

Jan.  2,  1867. 

The  department  of  Palaeontology  was  added  to  that  of  Geology  in  1863, 
and  raised  to  a separate  department  in  1^67. 


CURATOR  OF  GEOLOGY  AND  PALAEONTOLOGY. 

Thomas  T.  Bouv<*,  May  4,  1863.  Jan.  2,  1867. 

CURATORS  OF  PALAEONTOLOGY. 

May  1,  1867. 


Thomas  T.  Bouv£, 
A’pheus  Hyatt, 


Jan.  2,  1867. 
May  1,  1867. 


HONORARY  MEMBERS 


Louis  Agassiz, 

Cambridge. 

Joachim  Barrande, 

Paris. 

Elie  de  Beaumont, 

Paris. 

Thomas  Bell, 

London., 

Adolphe  Brongniart, 

Paris. 

James  D.  Dana, 

New  Haven. 

A.  Daubrde, 

Strasbourg. 

J.  W.  Dawson, 

Mo  ntreal. 

Robert  Graham, 

Edinburgh. 

John  Edward  Gray, 

London. 

Edmund  Griffith, 

London. 

William  Haidinger, 

Vienna. 

Joseph  Henry, 

Washington. 

Joseph  Hyrtl, 

Vienna. 

Sir  William  Jardine, 

London. 

Leonard  Jenyns, 

L.  C.  Kiener, 


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Isaac  Lea, 

Sir  Charles  Lyell, 

Philadelphia 

London. 

C.  F.  P.  von  Martius, 

Carlo  Matteucci, 

Sir  Roderick  Impey  Murchison, 

Munich. 

Turin. 

London. 

Richard  Owen, 

London. 

William  B.  Rogers, 

Boston. 

Michael  Sars, 

C.  U.  Shepard, 

C.  T.  E.  Von  Siebold, 
Edward  Spach, 

J.  J.  S.  Steenstrup, 

Christiania. 
Amherst. 
Munich.  * 
Paris. 

Copenhagen. 

John  Torrey,  * 

New  York. 

J.  0.  Westwood, 

Oxford. 

CORRESPONDING  MEMBERS 


Dr.  John  L.  -Alexander, 

Hubbardston,  Mass. 

William  Allen, 

Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Sir  James  Anderson, 

Liverpool,  Eng. 

Francis  Archer, 

u u 

Capt.  N.  E.  Atwood, 

Provincetown,  Mass. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Avequin, 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Dr.  Wm.  0.  Ayres, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  John  Bachman, 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

Prof.  Spencer  F.  Baird, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Dr.  A.  S.  Baldwin, 

Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Dr.  J.  Barratt, 

Middletown,  Ct. 

Rev.  A.  Constantine  Barry, 

Racine,  Wise. 

Dr.  Hermann  Behr, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Dr.  Bernstein, 

Gadok,  Java. 

W.  G.  Binney, 

Burlington,  N.  J. 

N.  H.  Bishop, 

Mannahawkin,  N.  J. 

John  R.  Blake, 

Greensboro’,  Ga. 

William  P.  BJake, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Henry  Blood, 

New  Orleans,  La. 

George  A.  Boardman, 

Milltown,  Me. 

Hon.  Judge  Ignatius  Bonayita, 

Charles  Booth, 

Cardenas,  Cuba. 

60 

Dr.  Benjamin  B.  Brown, 
John  Brown, 

Dr.  Freeman  J.  Bumstead, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Hamilton,  Canada. 
New  York. 

William  Cairns, 

Dr.  Theodore  Cantor, 

Gen.  J.  H.  Carleton,  U.  S.  A., 
Samuel  R.  Carter, 

Richard  I.  Cay, 

Pres.  Paul  A.  Chadbourne, 
Robert  Chambers, 

Dr.  A.  W.  Chapman, 

Robert  Chisholm, 

Dr.  David  Christy, 

Prof.  Henry  James  Clark, 
Samuel  C.  Clark, 

Dr.  L.  W.  Clark, 

John  A.  Clay, 

Joseph  A.  Clay, 

Rev.  Titus  Coan, 

Timothy  Abbot  Conrad, 

Prof.  E.  D.  Cope, 

Dr.  Elliott  Coues,  U.  S.  A., 
Charles  Cramer, 

Dr.  John  J.  Craven,  U.  S.  A., 
Ezra  T.  Cresson, 

Hillsboro’,  N.  B. 
Calcutta. 

Paris  Hill,  Me. 
Matanzas,  Cuba. 
Madison,  Wise. 
Edinburgh. 
Apalachicola,  Fla. 
Beaufort,  S.  C. 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Agricultural  Coll.,  Pa. 
Chicago,  111. 

Clifton,  Lake  Superior. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

ti  u, 

Hilo,  Hawaiian  Isis. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

West  Haverford,  Pa. 
Columbia,  S.  C. 

St.  Petersburg,  Russia. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

i 

Dr.  Henry  G.  Dalton, 

Edward  Daniels, 

Dr.  Rajendra  Dutt, 

Henry  Davis, 

Rev.  William  Dean, 

Dr.  W.  E.  Deering, 

Edward  Desor, 

Demerara,  S.  A. 
Wisconsin. 

Calcutta. 

McGregor,  Iowa. 
Bangkok,  Siam. 

Augusta,  Ga. 
Neufchatel,  Switzerland. 

61 


Dr.  W.  W.  Dickinson, 
Sanford  B.  Dole, 

Paul  B.  DuChaillu, 
Thomas  W.  Dupree, 

John  Milton  Earle, 
Norman  Easton, 

Arthur  M.  Edwards, 

W.  H.  Edwards, 

D.  G.  Elliott, 

Charles  F.  Eschweiler, 
Theodor  Eulenstein, 

Boswell  Field, 

J.  G.  Forshey, 

Dr.  James  B.  Forsyth, 
Robert  Foulis, 

Gen.  J.  C.  Fremont, 

C.  C.  Frost, 

William  M.  Gabb, 

James  E.  Gattiff, 

Dr.  Joseph  Gene, 

Dr.  George  Duncan  Gibb, 
Dr.  J.  W.  Gibbes, 

Dr.  Lewis  R.  Gibbes, 

Dr.  Theodore  Gill, 
Townend  Glover, 

Dr.  George  L.  Goodale, 
Rev.  P.  H.  Greenleaf, 
Augustus  R.  Grote, 

John  T.  Gulick, 

Dr.  L.  H.  Gulick, 

Dr.  Juan  Gundlach, 


Natchez,  Miss. 

Honolulu,  Hawaiian  Isis. 
New  York. 

Panama. 

Worcester,  Mass. 

Fall  River,  Mass. 

New  York. 

Coalburgh,  W.  Va. 

New  York. 

Boston. 

Stuttgart. 

Gill,  Mass. 

Yidalia,  La. 

Martha’s  Vineyard,  Mass 
St.  John,  N.  B. 

New  York. 

Brattleboro’,  Vt. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Buenos  Ayres. 

Turin. 

London. 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

u u 

Washington,  I).  C. 

u u 

Brunswick,  Me. 

Madison,  Ind. 

New  York. 

Kalgan,  China. 

Honolulu,  Hawaiian  Isis. 
Havana,  Cuba. 


62 


Prof.  S.  Stehman  Haldeman, 
Prof.  James  Hall, 

Prof.  Charles  E.  Hamlin, 
Edwin  Harrison, 

Dr.  F.  V.  Hayden, 

John  L.  Hayes, 

Hon.  Richard  Hill, 

Prof.  H.  Y.  Hind, 

Charles  IJ.  Hitchcock, 
Bernard  A.  Hoopes, 

Prof.  Albert  Hopkins, 

Prof.  William  Hopkins, 

Prof.  Oliver  P.  Hubbard, 
Samuel  Hubbard, 

Prof.  T.  Sterry  Hunt, 

Louis  Janin,  Jr., 

Dr.  J.  C.  Jay, 

Prof.  Christopher  Johnson, 
Auguste  de  Jolis, 

Dr.  Jones, 

John  King, 

Prof.  J.  P.  Kirtland, 

Dr.  Christopher  Koliock, 
Thure  Kumlien, 

George  N.  Lawrence, 

Dr.  J.  L.  LeConte, 

Stephen  P.  Leeds, 

Dr.  Joseph  Leidy, 

Juart  Lembeye, 

Leo  Lesquereux, 

Dr.  F.  W.  Lewis, 

Dr.  James  Lewis, 


Columbia,  Pa. 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
Waterville,  Me. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Cambridge,  Mass. 
Spanish  Town,  Jamaica. 
Toronto,  Canada. 

New  'York. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Williamstown,  Mass. 
Auburn,  N.  Y. 

N.  Haven,  Ct. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Montreal,  Canada. 

Virginia  City,  Nev. 

Rye,  N.  Y. 

Baltimore,  Md. 

Cherbourg,  France. 
Athens,  Ga. 

Elgin,  111. 

East  Rockport,  Ohio. 
Cheraw,  S.  C. 

Bussyville,  Wise. 

New  York. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Cardenas,  Cuba. 
Columbus,  Ohio. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mohawk,  N.  Y. 


ea 


Dr.  Hermann  Loew, 
Russell  Loring, 

Rev.  R.  T.  Lowe, 

Dr.  Christian  F.  Liitken, 


Meseritz,  Prussia. 
Valparaiso,  Chili. 
Madeira. 
Copenhagen. 


fy, 


D.  S.  Macaulay, 

Thomas  MacFarlane, 
Chevalier  Magnetto, 

Prof.  Jules  Marcou, 

Prof.  Oliver  Marcy, 

Prof.  0.  C.  Marsh, 

Rev.  Francis  Mason, 
Capt.  Chas.  H.  Mathews, 
John  McClelland, 

Joseph  B.  Meader, 

F.  B.  Meek, 

Frederic  Miller, 

Prof.  E.  Mitchell, 

Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell, 
Andrew  Murray, 


Tripoli. 

Acton  Vale,  Canada. 

Gibraltar. 

Paris. 

Evanston,  111. 

New  Haven,  Ct. 

Toungoo,  Burmah. 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  L.  Superior. 
Calcutta. 

Stockton,  Cal. 

Washington,  I).  C, 

New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

* London. 


Dr.  John  S.  Newberry, 
Edward  Norton, 

Dr.  J.  G.  Norwood, 

Dr.  Josiah  C.  Nott, 


New  York. 
Farmington,  Ct, 
Colnmbia,  Mo. 
Baltimore,  Md. 


C.  H.  Olmsted,  East  Hartford,  Ct. 

Baron  R.  von  Osten  Sacken,  New  York. 


Richard  Pamel, 

James  C.  Parkinson, 
Dr.  George  A.  Perkins, 
Dr.  H.  C.  Perkins, 
Prof.  Victor  Petchioli. 
Edw.  E.  Phelps, 


Burlington,  N.  J. 
Salem,  Mass. 
Newburyport. 
Pisa. 

Windsor,  Vt, 


6,4 


f 


J.  S.  Phillips, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dr.  A.  Snowden  Piggott, 

Baltimore,  Md. 

Dr.  J.  T.  Plummer, 

Richmond,  Ind. 

Prof.  Felipe  Poey, 

Havana,  Cuba, 

Count  Francis  de  Pourtales, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Temple  Prime, 

New  York. 

Leander  Ransom, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Dr.  Edmund  Ravenel, 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

Dr.  Isaac  Ray, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Stephen  Reed, 

Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Sir  Thomas  Reid, 

Tunis. 

Dr.  Jose  C.  Reinhardt, 

Sorocaba,  Brazil. 

Eugene  M.  Riotte, 

Austin,  Nev. 

J.  J.  Robertson,  D.D., 

Constantinople. 

Dr.  James  Robbins, 

N.  Chester,  Mass. 

Coleman  T.  Robinson, 

New  York. 

William  F.  Robinson, 

Ceres,  Pa. 

Prof.  Robert  E.  Rogers, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  John  L.  Russell, 

Salem,  Mass. 

Winthrop  Sargent, 

Natchez,  Miss. 

James  Osgood  Savage, 

Cuba. 

Dr.  Thomas  S.  Savage, 

Pass  Christian,  La. 

William  Sharswood, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dr.  B.  F.  Shumard, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Dr.  Carl  SiedhofF, 

Newton, ^Mass. 

Prof.  Benjamin  Silliman, 

New  Haven,  Ct. 

Dr.  J.  H.  Slack, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

James  H.  Slawson, 

Houghton,  Mich. 

Dr.  David  S.  C.  H.  Smith, 

Providence,  R.  I. 

Prof.  Hamilton  L.  Smith, 

Gambier,  Ohio. 

Increase  S.  Smith, 

Hingham,  Mass. 

Dr.  J.  Lawrence  Smith, 

Louisville,  Ky. 

C.  A.  Spencer, 

Canastota,  N.  Y. 

65 


Isaac  Sprague, 

Benjamin  A.  Stannard, 

W.  H.  Stevens, 

Dr.  William  Stimpson, 
Hon.  Sir  John  Stoddart, 
Dr.  George  Suckley, 

Prof.  G.  C.  Swallow, 

Rev.  Joshua  A.  Swan, 
Richard  Henry  Sweet, 

Rev.  P.  Tocque, 

Dr.  James  B.  Toldney, 

Dr.  James  Trudeau, 
George  W.  Tryon, 

Prof.  Edward  Tuckerman, 
Dr.  Charles  M.  Tuttle, 

Philip  R.  Uhler, 

William  S.  Yaux, 

Prof.  A.  E.  Verrill, 

B.  C.  W.  Wailes, 
Benjamin  D.  Walsh, 

Prof.  Henry  A.  Ward, 

Dr.  H.  A.  Warriner, 

Dr.  J.  P.  Wetherill, 

Dr.  Henry  Wheatland, 

Dr.  William  T.  White, 
Prof.  J.  D.  Whitney, 

T.  J.  Whittemore, 

Col.  Chas.  Whittlesey, 
Admiral  Charles  Wilkes, 
Prof.  J.  R.  Willis, 

Prof.  Daniel  Wilson, 

5 


Hingham,  Mass. 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Clifton,  L.  Superior. 
Chicago,  111. 

Malta. 

New  York. 
Columbia,  Mo. 
Kennebunk,  Me. 
Paris. 

Fredericton,  N.  B. 

N.  Orleans,  La. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Amherst,  Mass. 

N.  Bedford,  Mass. 

Baltimore,  Md. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
New  Haven,  Ct. 

Washington,  D.  C. 
Rock  Island,  111. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
New  York. 
Bethlehem,  Pa. 
Salem,  Mass. 

New  York. 
Northampton,  Mass. 
New  York. 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
Halifax,  N.  S. 
Toronto,  Canada. 


66 

Prof.  Alexander  Winchell, 

William  W.  Wood, 

Prof.  L.  P.  Yandell, 

Charles  Zimmerman, 


Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Manila. 

Louisville,  Ky. 
Columbia,  S.  C. 


PATRONS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


J.  R.  Adan. 

Francis  Alger. 

Holmes  Am  midown. 
Charles  Amory. 

Charles  H.  Appleton. 

F.  H.  Appleton. 

Nathan  Appleton. 

Samuel  Appleton. 

T.  G.  Appleton. 

William  Appleton. 
William  Appleton. 

Samuel  Austin,  Jr. 

Prof.  Loring  W.  Bailey. 
W.  W.  Bailey. 

James  M.  Barnard. 

S.  Batchelder. 

B.  E.  Bates. 

James  M.  Beebe. 

Jacob  Bigelow,  M.D. 

Miss  Mary  G.  P.  Binney. 
Miss  Emeline  Binney. 


* John  A.  Binney. 
John  A.  Blanchard. 

H.  I.  Bowditch,  M.D. 
Mrs.  N.  I.  Bowditch. 
Uriah  A.  Boyden. 
Gardner  Brewer. 
Martin  Brimmer. 

* Peter  C.  Brooks. 

* James  Brown. 

* Henry  Bryant,  M.D. 

* John  Bryant. 

W.  S.  Bullard. 

J.  C.  Burrage. 

* Henry  Cabot. 

* Samuel  Cabot. 
George  R.  Carter. 

i 

Isaac  H.  Cary. 

* J.  Chickering. 

Joseph  W.  Clark. 

* Henry  Codman. 

I.  C.  Cooper. 


68 


B.  E.  Cotting,  M.D. 

* Ambrose  S.  Courtis. 

* John  P.  Cushing. 

Henry  Cross. 

Theron  Dale. 

* P.  R.  Dalton. 

E.  W.  Dana. 

S.  T.  Dana. 

James  Davis,  Jr. 

J.  J.  Dixwell. 

J.  W.  Edmands. 

* S.  A.  Eliot. 

Jonathan  Ellis. 

* Edward  Everett. 

Albert  Fearing. 

Richard  Fletcher. 

J.  M.  Forbes. 

Samuel  Frothingham. 

C.  W.  Galloupe. 

John  L.  Gardner. 

P.  E.  Gay. 

W.  W.  Goddard. 

* Ozias  Goodwin. 

S.  H.  Gookin. 

* B.  A.  Gould. 

Michael  Grant. 

* F.  C.  Gray. 

Horace  Gray. 

John  C.  Gray. 

* Benjamin  D.  Greene,  M.D. 
Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Greene. 


Rev.  J.  S.  Copley  Greene. 

R.  C.  Greenleaf. 

Henry  Grew. 

Andrew  T.  Hall. 

* Henry  Harris. 

Franklin  Haven. 

Mrs.  Dr.  George  Hayward 

* George  Hayward,  M.D. 
Augustine  Heard. 

John  T.  Heard. 

Mrs.  Augustus  Hemmenway. 
R.  W.  Hooper,  M.D. 

Samuel  Hooper. 

P.  T.  Homer. 

George  0.  Hovey. 

George  Howe. 

* Charles  Jackson. 

* P.  T.  Jackson. 

P.  T.  Jackson,  Jr., 

* Miss  A.  P.  Jones. 

E.  D.  Jordan. 


* Abbott  Lawrence. 
Abbott  Lawrence. 

* Amos  Lawrence. 
James  Lawrence. 

* William  Lawrence. 

* Henry  Lee. 


H.  P.  Kidder. 

J.  G.  Kidder. 

W.  H.  Knight. 
George  H.  Kuhn. 


69 


* Thomas  Lee. 

James  L.  Little. 

Giles  H.  Lodge,  M.D. 

* Benjamin  Loring. 

F.  C.  Loring. 

F.  C.  Lowell. 

John  A.  Lowell. 
George  W.  Lyman. 

* Theodore  Lyman. 
Theodore  Lyman. 

Nathan  Matthews. 
John  J.  May. 

Samuel  May. 

Charles  H.  Mills. 

* James  K.  Mills. 
William  Munroe. 

N.  C.  Munson. 

* John  Parker. 

* T.  H.  Perkins. 

William  Perkins. 

* Edward  D.  Peters. 

* Edward  B.  Phillips. 

* Jonathan  Phillips. 
Carlos  Pierce. 

* Paschal  P.  Pope. 

* Mrs.  William  Pratt. 

* Miss  Sarah  P.  Pratt. 

* George  Pratt. 

Josiah  Quincy,  Jr. 

George  C.  Richardson. 

* E.  H.  Robbins. 


Henry  B.  Rogers. 

William  Ropes. 

Ignatius  Sargent. 

Henry  Sayles. 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Sayles. 

* Willard  Sayles. 

David  Sears. 

* George  C.  Shattuck. 

Mrs.  G.  H.  Shaw. 

* Robert  G.  Shaw. 

Philo  S.  Shelton. 

* William  Shimmin. 

M.  H.  Simpson. 

* Francis  Skinner. 

C.  J.  Sprague. 

W.  W.  Stone. 

D.  H.  Storer,  M.D. 

H.  R.  Sturgis. 

* William  Sturgis. 

* J.  E.  Thayer. 

Nathaniel  Thayer. 

E.  S.  Tobey. 

* Miss  Mary  P.  Townsend. 

* Frederic  Tudor. 

* Josiah  Vose. 

Miss  Mary  Anne  Wales. 

* T.  B.  Wales. 

* William  J.  Walker. 
Charles  E.  Ware,  M.D. 
George  W.  Warren. 

* John  C.  Warren,  M.D. 


70 


* J.  Mason  Warren,  M.D. 
Robert  Waterston. 

* John  Wells. 

Mrs.  A.  Wigglesworth. 
Misses  Wigglesworth. 

*'  Edward  Wigglesworth. 
Thomas  Wigglesworth. 


* John  D.  Williams. 

* H.  F.  Wolcott. 

J.  H.  Wolcott. 
Edward  Wyman. 

A Friend. 


* 


ORIGINAL  MEMBERS. 


* Francis  Alger. 

* Samuel  Barrett. 

* Seth  Bass. 

* Amos  Binney,  Jr.,  M.D. 

* Gamaliel  Bradford,  M.D. 
Edward  Brooks. 

Walter  Channing,  M.D. 
Charles  Choate,  M.D. 

* Henry  Codman. 

Joseph  Coolidge. 

* John  Davis,  LL.D. 
Henry  Dyer,  M.D. 
George  B.  Emerson. 

* John  D.  Fisher,  M.D. 

* Joshua  B.  Flint,  M.D. 

* Martin  Gay,  M.D. 

* A.  A.  Gould,  M.D. 

* Francis  C.  Gray. 

* Benjamin  D.  Greene. 


Rev.  J.  S.  Copley  Greene. 

* Simon  E.  Greene. 

* William  Grigg,  M.D. 

* Enoch  Hale,  M.D. 

* George  Hayward,  M.D. 

* John  Homans,  M.D. 

* John  C.  Howard,  M.D. 
Winslow  Lewis,  Jr.,  M.D. 

* Joseph  W.  McKean,  M.D. 

* Solomon  P.  Miles. 

* Thomas  Nuttall. 

George  W.  Otis,  M.D. 
Theophilus  Parsons. 
Sampson  Reed. 

Edward  Reynolds,  M.D, 

J.  V.  C.  Smith,  M.D. 

* J.  G.  Stevenson,  M.D. 

D.  Humphreys  Storer,  M.D. 

* John  Ware,  M.D. 


* Deceased. 


LIST  OF  RESIDENT  MEMBERS. 


[Names  of  Life  Members  are  prefixed  by  a t.] 

H.  W.  Abbot, 

19  Central  St. 

S.  L.  Abbot,  M.D., 

90  Mount  Vernon  St. 

J.  F.  A.  Adams,  M.D., 

Boston. 

Z.  B.  Adams,  M.D., 

Framingham. 

Alexander  E.  R.  Agassiz, 

Cambridge. 

f Henry  Freeman  Allen, 

Jamaica  Plains. 

J.  A.  Allen, 

Cambridge. 

Joseph  H.  Allen, 

119  Washington  St. 

Nathaniel  F.  Allen, 

West  Newton. 

f Oliver  Ames, 

South  Easton. 

Copley  Amory, 

24  Congress  Sq. 

Robert  Amory,  M.D., 

Brookline. 

Milton  Andros, 

20  State  St. 

John  G.  Anthony, 

Cambridge. 

- Nathan  Appleton, 

39  Beacon  St. 

William  Appleton, 

76  Beacon  St. 

t William  S.  Appleton, 

39  Beacon  St. 

George  J.  Arnold,  M.D., 

Roxbury. 

t Elisha  Atkins, 

26  India  Whf. 

E.  P.  Atkinson, 

Cambridge. 

E.  S.  Atwood, 

92  State  St. 

Rev.  Adams  Ayer, 

Roxbury. 

72 


James  F.  Babcock, 
t John  Bacon,  M.D., 
t Lucas  Baker, 
f William  E.  Baker, 
f A.  C.  Baldwin, 
f James  M.  Barnard, 

Henry  Bartlett,  M.D., 

G.  L.  D.  Barton, 

John  M.  Batchelder, 
Samuel  A.  Bemis, 

George  A.  Bethune,  M.D., 
John  M.  Bethune, 

f James  Beck, 

A.  S.  Bickmore, 

E.  Bicknell, 
f Erastus  B.  Bigelow,. 
Horatio  Bigelow, 

Henry  J.  Bigelow,  M.D., 
W.  Sturgis  Bigelow, 

H.  P.  Binney, 

J.  Birnstell,  M.D., 
t George  B.  Blake, 

Henry  N.  Blake, 

John  H.  Blake, 

John  A.  Blanchard, 

W.  E.  Boardman, 
f J.  Nelson  Borland,  M.D, 
M.  Woolsey  Borland, 
Edward  T.  Bouve, 

Thomas  T.  Bouvd, 

Henry  I.  Bowditch,  M.D., 
H.  P.  Bowditch, 

J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch, 
William  I.  Bowditch, 


8 Boylston  St. 

15  Somerset  St. 

1039  Washington  St. 

34  Summer  St. 

Union  Club. 

26  Merchants  Row. 
Roxbury. 

130  Tremont  St. 

31  Kilby  St. 

Hart’s  Location,  N.  H. 

166  Tremont  St. 

II  it  u 

102  State  St. 

Cambridge. 

Salem. 

8 Commonwealth  Ave. 

42  City  Exchange. 

52  Beacon  St. 

u a u 

228  Washington  St. 
Newton. 

28  State  St. 

Chelsea. 

27  Tremont  Row. 

130  State  St. 

204  Springfield  St. 

69  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

Boston. 

37  Charles.  St. 

130  State  St. 

113  Boylston  St. 

West  Roxbury. 

Merchant’s  Bank  Building. 
8 Railroad  Exchange. 


Stephen  W.  Bowles,  M.D. 
N.  J.  Bradlee, 

Joseph  Breck, 
t F.  W.  Brewer, 

Thomas  M.  Brewer,  M.D., 
f Willard  S.  Brewer, 

Charles  G.  Brewster, 
Edward  A.  Brigham, 

E.  D.  Brigham, 

William  T.  Brigham, 
f Francis  Brooks, 

Henry  C.  Brooks, 
f Peter  C.  Brooks, 

Augustus  Brown, 

Francis  H.  Brown,  M.D., 
t C.  Allen  Browne, 

E.  J.  Browne, 
t John  Bryant, 

Stuart  M.  Buck, 

N.  Willis  Bumstead, 
Edward  Burgess, 

C.  G.  Bush, 

t Edward  C.  Cabot, 

James  Elliot  Cabot, 

Louis  Cabot, 

Samuel  Cabot,  Jr.,  M.D., 
George  B.  Cary, 

B.  F.  Campbell, 

Horace  F.  Carpenter, 
f Charles  Carruth, 

Samuel  N.  Chamberlin, 
Abner  Chapman, 

W.  S.  Chase, 

Isaac  Y.  Chubbuck, 


199  Shawmut  Ave. 

18  Pemberton  Sq. 

52  N.  Market  St. 

144  Tremont  St. 

131  Washington  St. 

144  Tremont  St. 

16  Tremont  St. 

96  Devonshire  St. 

13K  Faneuil  Hall  Sq. 

35  Court  St. 

214  Beacon  St. 

24  Commercial  Whf. 

10  Court  St. 

99  Milk  St. 

97  Waltham  St. 

34  Commercial  St. 

16  Court  St. 

64  Beacon  St. 

7 Somerset  St. 

293  Washington  St. 

62  Beacon  St. 

65  Albion  St. 

2 Pemberton  Sq. 
Brookline. 

Brookline. 

11  Park  Sq. 

46  Central  Whf. 

39  Bromfield  St. 
Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

25  Broad  St. 

15  Shoe  and  Leather  St. 
7 Bowdoin  Sq. 

Nat  Bank  of  Commerce. 
Roxbury. 


74 


Stillman  E.  Chubbuck,  Jr., 
Jos.  R.  Churchill, 

J.  H.  Clapp, 

Randolph  M.  Clark, 

Thomas  W.  Clarke, 

William  C.  Cleveland, 
f Arthur  Codman, 
f Edward  W.  Codman, 

W.  W.  Codman,  M.D.* 
Edward  R.  Cogswell,  M.D., 
Edward  P.  Colby,  M.D., 
Joshua  P.  Converse, 
Algernon  Coolidge,  M.D., 
f Isaac  C.  Cooper, 

William  M.  Courtis, 

Phineas  M.  Crane,  M.D., 
Samuel  W.  Creech,  Jr., 

C.  F.  Crehore,  M.D., 

N.  Cressy,  M.D., 

W.  P.  Cross,  M.D., 

Rev.  W.  H.  Cudworth, 

John  Cummings,  Jr., 
f Nathaniel  Cummings, 
Thomas  Cushing, 
f Edmund  F.  Cutter, 

f Eben  Dale, 

William  H.  Dale, 

William  H.  Dali, 

Bennet  F.  Davenpc^t, 

G.  Hubbard  Davis,  Jr., 
James  Davis, 
t John  Dean,  M.D., 

B.  L.  Delano,  M.D., 


Roxbury. 

Milton  Lower  Mills. 

84  Washington  St. 

28  Milk  St. 

1 Kingston  St. 

Cambridge. 

323  Washington  St. 

35  Charles  St. 

53  Marlborough  St. 
Cambridgeport. 

13  Tremont  St. 

81  Washington  St. 

65  Marlborough  St. 

104  Pembroke  St. 
Andover. 

East  Boston. 

30  Court  St. 

Newton  Lower  Falls. 
Cambridge. 

235  Broadway. 

East  Boston. 

93  Pearl  St. 

144  Tyler  St. 

115  Boylston  St. 

69  Franklin  St. 

61  and  63  Franklin  St. 

54  State  St. 

Boston. 

Cambridge. 

272  Washington  St. 

97  State  St. 

Boston. 

13  Merchants’  Exchange. 


75 


f Henry  G.  Denny, 

37  Court  Sqr. 

Reuben  S.  Denny, 

Clapp  ville. 

William  Denton, 

Wellesley. 

f George  M.  Dexter, 

5 State  St. 

George  J.  Dickinson, 

97  State  St. 

f Charles  K.  Dillaway, 

Roxbury. 

W.  R.  Dimmock, 

5 West  Cedar  St. 

C.  P.  Dillaway, 

Roxbury. 

E.  W.  Dimond, 

Cambridge. 

John  H.  Dix,  M.D., 

Hotel  Pelham. 

Epes  S.  Dixwell, 

20  Boylston  PI. 

J.  J.  Dixwell, 

66  State  St. 

Chrysostom  P.  Donahoe, 

124  Boylston  St. 

Jonathan  Dorr, 

32  Pearl  St. 

C.  F.  Dunbar, 

Court  St. 

Henry  D.  Dupee, 

54  City  Exchange. 

f James  A.  Dupee, 

54  City  Exchange. 

f Henry  F.  Durant, 

77  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

Silas  Durkee,  M.D., 

50  Howard  St. 

Edward  P.  Dutton, 

135  Washington  St. 

Thomas  Dwight,  Jr.,  M.D., 

70  Beacon  St. 

R.  T.  Edes,  M.D., 

Hingham. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Eddy, 

Providence,  R.  I. 

f Henry  Edwards, 

14  Kilby  St. 

Charles  W.  Elliot, 

86  Charles  St. 

L.  A.  Elliott, 

322  Washington  St. 

f Calvin  Ellis,  M.D., 

114  Boylston  ^t. 

W.  F.  Ellston, 

Cambridge. 

George  B.  Emerson, 

3 Pemberton  Sq. 

S.  F.  Emmons, 

30  Kilby  St. 

Henry  Endicott, 

33  Summer  St. 

f William  Endicott,  Jr., 

11  <(  u 

Percival  Lowell  Everett, 

28  State  St. 

76 


f Isaac  D.  Farnsworth, 
Nathan  Farrand, 

Charles  E.  Faxon, 

George  N.  Faxon, 

Walter  Faxon, 

Henry  H.  Fay, 
t J.  S.  Fay, 
f Joseph  S.  Fay.  Jr., 

R.  S.  Fay,  Jr., 
t Albert  Fearing, 

J.  B.  Fenno, 

George  J.  Fisher, 

Horace  N.  Fisher, 
f Frank  S.  Fiske, 
t Augustus  Flagg, 

Robert  Fletcher, 
f Charles  L.  Flint, 

John  Flint,  M.D., 

Waldo  Flint, 

Charles  W.  Folsom, 

Daniel  V.  Folts,  M.D., 
t John  Foster, 

James  B.  Francis, 

J.  F.  Frisbie,  M.D., 
f Donald  McL.  Frothingham, 
f Frederic  G.  Frothingham, 
f Samuel  Frothingham,  Jr., 

Thomas  Gaffield, 
t Charles  W.  Galloupe, 

Frank  C.  Garbutt, 
f J.  P.  Gardner, 
t Phineas  E.  Gay, 
f N.  B.  Gibbs, 


8 Kilby  St. 

136  Pearl  St. 

Jamaica  Plain. 

25  Somerset  St. 

Cambridge. 

88  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

10  R.  R.  Exchange. 

88  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

69  Federal  St. 

25  Commercial  St. 

19  City  Whf. 

1 Commerce  St. 

Brookline. 

40  State  St. 

110  Washington  St. 

11  Charlestown  St. 

State  House. 

1 Union  Park. 

16  Kilby  St. 

Cambridge. 

28  and  37  Maverick  Sq.,  E.  B. 
115  Broad  St. 

Lowell. 

Boston. 

59  Franklin  St. 

u u << 
a u u 

10  Merchants’  Row. 

76  State  St. 

Cambridge. 

22  Congress  St. 

126  Harrison  Ave. 

55  Merchants’  Exchange. 


77 


Paul  M.  Gidney, 
f B.  W.  Gilbert, 

Edward  Gilchrist,  M.  D., 
f Thomas  A.  Goddard, 
f Samuel  H.  Gookin, 

Francis  Gorham, 

W.  M.  Gorham, 

B.  A.  Gould, 

Asa  Gray, 

S.  A.  Green,  M.D., 

Rev.  J.  S.  Copley  Greene, 
R.  C.  Greenleaf, 

R.  C.  Greenleaf,  Jr,, 

David  S.  Greenough,  Jr., 

Herrmann  Hagen,  M.D., 

J.  D.  Hague, 

Rev.  E.  E.  Hale, 

Josiah  L.  Hale,  Jr., 
William  F.  Hall, 

Ivory  Harmon, 

Edward  Doubleday  Harris, 
George  J.  Harris, 

Daniel  Harwood,  M.D., 
John  C.  Hayden,  M.D., 
Andrew  Hayes, 

Augustus  A.  Hayes.  M.D., 
Charles  D.  Head, 

John  T.  Heard, 

J.  B.  Henck, 

John  Andrew  Henshaw, 
Charles  A.  Hewins, 

George  Higginson, 

Thomas  Hill,  D.D., 


36  Winter  St. 

28  State  St. 

Naval  Hospital,  Chelsea. 
36  Central  Whf. 

27  Doane  St. 

15  Congress  St. 

130  State  St. 

9 Merchants’  Row. 
Cambridge. 

19  Kneeland  St. 
Brookline. 

33  Summer  St. 

9 Commonwealth  Ave. 
Jamaica  Plain. 

Cambridge. 

5 Newton  St. 

67  Worcester  St. 

65  Hancock  St. 

City  Hall. 

Roxbury. 

41  Tremont  St. 

14  Lincoln  St. 

21  Summer  St. 
Cambridge. 

Roxbury. 

20  State  St. 

32  City  Exchange. 

4 Louisburg  Sq. 

41  State  St. 

61£  City  Exchange. 

W.  Roxbury. 

174  Beacon  St. 
Cambridge. 


78 


Luther  Hills, 

W.  S.  Hills, 

Thomas  B.  Hitchcock,  M.D., 
f John  Hogg, 

William  Holden, 

Thomas  Hollis, 

Oliver  W.  Holmes,  M.D., 
f Charles  D.  Homans,  M.D., 
George  H.  Homans, 
t John  Homans,  M.D., 
Nathaniel  L.  Hooper, 
f R.  W.  Hooper,  M.D., 
f Gardiner  G.  Hubbard, 

Charles  T.  Hubbard, 

George  P.  Huntington, 
Alpheus  Hyatt, 


North  Wrentham. 
114  Harrison  Ave. 
169  Tremont  St. 
299  Washington  St. 
Charlestown. 

23  Union  St. 

21  Charles  St. 

4 Temple  PI. 

26  City  Exchange. 
31  Boylston  St. 

45  Bowdoin  St. 

114  Beacon  St. 

39  State  St. 

2 Louisburg  Sq. 

76  Boylston  St. 
Salem. 


t Herman  Brimmer  Inches,  M.D., 
Martin  B.  Inches, 

William  Ingalls,  M D., 


1 Russia  Wharf. 
72  Boylston  St. 

2 Dover  St. 


Charles  Jackson,  Jr., 

Charles  T.  Jackson,  M.D., 
f John  C.  Jackson, 

J.  B.  S.  Jackson,  M.D., 

P.  T.  Jackson, 

George  Jacques, 

William  James, 

f Benjamin  Joy  Jeffries,  M.D., 
f Edward  P.  Jeffries, 
f John  Jeffries,  Jr., 

Daniel  W.  Job, 

Amos  H.  Johnson,  M.D., 
t C.  Berkeley  Johnson, 


39  Milk  St. 

41  Somerset  St. 

U a a 

89  Charles  St. 

39  Milk  St. 
Somerville. 

13  Ashburton  Place. 

15  Chestnut  St. 

a a a 

17  City  Exchange. 
39  India  Whf. 

Salem. 

16  South  Market  St. 


t Samuel  Johnson,  Jr., 

W.  0.  Johnson,  M.D., 

f N.  C.  Keep,  M.D., 

Chas.  Park  Kemp,  M.D., 

B.  F.  Kendall, 
t Charles  S.  Kendall, 

George  G.  Kennedy, 

Barker  B.  Kent,  Jr., 
t H.  P.  Kidder, 

Jerome  G.  Kidder, 

Rev.  E.  N.  Kirk, 

Samuel  Kneeland,  M.D., 

Rev.  C.  F.  Knight, 

John  E.  Knight,/ 

W.  Putnam  Kuhn, 

f Henry  F.  Lambert, 

Samuel  W.  Langmaid,  M.  D., 
J.  H.  Lathrop, 
t Amos  A.  Lawrence, 

James  Lawrence, 
t Thomas  J.  Lee, 

Marcus  B.  Leonard,  M.D., 

F.  W.  Lincoln, 
t C.  C.  Little, 

James  L.  Little,  Jr., 

Samuel  Lockwood,  Jr., 

J.  S.  Lombard,  M.D., 

Caleb  W.  Loring,  \ 

John  A.  Loring, 

Rev.  Samuel  K.  Lothrop, 
Augustus  Lowell, 

Arthur  T.  Lyman, 

Theodore  Lyman, 


33  Summer  St. 

4  Beacon  St. 

74  Boylston  St. 

26  S.  Russell  St. 

New  York. 

42  Water  St. 

Roxbury. 

339  Broadway,  S.  B. 

40  State  St. 

42  India  St. 

5 Staniford  St. 

Mass.  Institute  of  Technology. 

6 St.  James  St. 

Boston. 

26  Union  Building. 

10  Merchants’  Row. 

1 Park  Sq. 

Dedham. 

17  Milk  St. 

82  Milk  St. 

60  State  St. 

7 Meridian  St.,  E.  B. 

126  Commercial  St. 

110  Washington  St. 

2 Commonwealth  Ave. 
Roxbury. 

11  St.  James  St. 

39  Court  St. 

5 Tremont  St. 

12  Chestnut  St. 

60  State  St. 

16  Mount  Vernon  St. 

1 Joy  St. 


80 


Benjamin  P.  Mann, 
Horace  Mann, 

George  H.  Marden, 

G.  F.  H.  Markoe, 

John  P.  Marshall, 

John  S.  Martin, 

Lyman  Mason, 

F.  W.  G.  May, 
f Thomas  McHayes, 
Martin  McKenzie, 

James  S.  Melvin, 
William  H.  Mendell, 
James  C.  Merrill,  Jr., 
Theodore  Metcalf, 
George  T.  Moffat,  M.D., 
f Hugh  Montgomery. 
Alexander  Moore, 

W.  W.  Morland,  M.D., 
Thomas  D.  Morris, 
Edward  S.  Morse, 

Henry  D.  Moise, 
t William  Munroa 
f N.  C.  Munson, 
f Albert  L.  Murdock 

Jeremiah  L.  Newton 
f Lyman  Nichols, 

Franklin  Nickerson, 
Joshua  G.  Nickerson, 
f Sereno  D.  Nickerson 
W.  H.  Niles, 
f Otis  Norcross, 

Jacob  Norton, 


Cambridge. 

u 

Haymarket  Sq. 

292  Washington  St. 

College  Hill. 

12  Hawley  St. 

20  Court  St. 

1 Broad  St. 

19  Merchants’  Bank  Building 
299  and  301  Washington  St. 
325  Washington  St. 

16  Ashland  PI. 

8 Pemberton  Sq. 

39  Tremont  St. 

4 Hamilton  PI. 

181  State  St. 

21  Franklin  St. 

90  Charles  St. 

143  Broad  St. 

Salem. 

240  Washington  St. 

22  Franklin  St. 

13  Studio  Building. 

15  Causeway  St. 

27  Tremont  Row. 

61  State  St. 

Lowell. 

91  Fulton  St. 

76  State  St. 

Cambridge. 

10  McLean  St. 

9 Elm  St. 


81 


John  T.  Ogden, 

W.  M.  Ogden,  M.D., 
Michael  C.  O’Shae, 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.D., 
Calvin  B.  Page,  M.D., 
f Charles  H.  Parker, 

D.  M.  Parker,  M.D., 
t Leonard  M.  Parker, 
William  L.  Parker, 
Theophilus  Parsons, 
William  Parsons, 

F.  H.  Peabody, 

Oliver  W.  Peabody, 
f William  Perkins, 

Rev.  John  B.  Perry, 

John  D.  Philbrick, 

Charles  Pickering,  M.D., 
Edward  Pickering, 

Edward  C.  Pickering, 
Octavius  Pickering, 
Benjamin  M.  Pierce, 
Johnson  T.  Platt, 
t Avery  Plumer, 

C.  B.  Porter,  M.D., 

Lieut.  Samuel  W.  Powell, 
George  H.  Powers,  M.D., 
Joseph  Pratt, 
f Jonathan  Preston, 

Joshua  P.  Preston, 
f William  G.  Preston, 

Henry  A.  Purdie, 

Charles  G.  Putnam,  M.D., 
6 


146  Federal  St. 

278  Shawmut  Ave. 

I Berlin  St. 

Salem. 

69  Myrtle  St. 

82  Milk  Street. 

II  Summer  St. 

1277  Washington  St* 
Cambridge. 

56  State  St. 

40  State  St. 

8 Union  Building. 

49  Commercial  Whf. 
Cambridge. 

City  Hall. 

11  Beacon  St. 

8 Merchants’  Exchange. 
84  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

41  Bowdoin  St. 
Cambridge. 

Redding  Ridge,  Conn. 
173  State  St. 

104  Boylston  St. 

U.  S.  Marine  Corps. 

200  Shawmut  Ave. 

116  Boylston  St. 

57  Purchase  St. 

6 Joy’s  Building. 

State  House. 

24  Marlborough  St. 


82 


C.  P.  Putnam, 

Frederic  W.  Putnam, 
James  J.  Putnam, 

Henry  P.  Quincy, 

f Edward  S.  Band, 

John  W.  Randall, 
f John  P.  Reynolds,  M.D., 
Henry  J5.  Rice, 

George  H.  Richards, 
f Horace  Richardson,  M.D., 
f Jeffrey  Richardson, 

James  Bailey  Richardson, 
William  L.  Richardson, 
Edward  S.  Ritchie, 

John  Ritchie, 

Thomas  P.  Ritchie, 
f George  H.  Rogers, 
f Wm.  B.  Rogers, 

F.  C.  Ropes,  M.D., 
f M.  D.  Ross, 

Arthur  Rotch, 
f Benjamin  S.  Rotch, 
t S.  P.  Ruggles, 

J.  D.  Runkle, 

George  Russell, 
f Le  Baron  Russell,  M.D., 

Emanuel  Samuels, 
f Francis  G.  Sanborn, 
Samuel  H.  Savage, 

H.  M.  Saville,  M.D., 
t Henry  Sayles, 


24  Marlborough  St. 

Salem. 

24  Marlborough  St. 

3 Mt.  Vernon  St. 

30  Court  St. 

107  Harrison  Ave. 

170  Tremont  St. 

American  House. 

39  Court  St. 

Boston. 

2 Central  Whf. 

20  Court  St. 

159  Tremont  St. 

313  Washington  St. 

u u u 

u u u 

Salem. 

1 Temple  PI. 

104  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

7 Liberty  Sq. 

3 Commonwealth  Ave. 

It  U ll 

152  Washington  St. 

Mass.  Institute  of  Technology. 
14  Lynde  St. 

164  Tremont  St. 

' ’ • . ...  ..f  v b 

Boston. 

187  Warren  Ave. 

26  India  Whf. 

41  Union  Park. 

22  State  St. 


83 


Marshall  S.  Scudder, 
t Samuel  H.  Scudder, 
Nathaniel  S.  Shaler, 

1 J.  C.  Sharp,  M.D., 

B.  S.  Shaw,  M.D., 

Lemuel  Shaw, 

Chas.  C.  Sheafe, 

W.  E.  Sheldon, 

Augustine  Shurtleff,  M.D., 

A.  M.  Shurtleff, 

Hiram  S.  "Shurtleff, 

Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff,  M.D., 
James  G.  Shute, 
f John  Simmons, 
f A.  D.  Sinclair,  M.D., 

George  D.  Smith, 
t S.  G.  Snelling, 

S.  T.  Snow, 
f A.  W.  Spencer, 

Chas.  Jas.  Sprague, 

Francis  P.  Sprague,  M.D., 
Philip  S.  Sprague, 

Charles  A.  Stearns, 

John  Steams,  M.D., 

Joseph  B.  Stearns, 
f Joshua  Stetson, 

Charles  K.  Stevens, 

J.  H.  Stickney,  M.D., 
Charles  Stoddard, 

Charles  Stodder, 

L.  B.  Stone, 

D.  Humphreys  Storer,  M.D., 
F.  H.  Storer, 

Horatio  R.  Storer,  M.D., 


18  Devonshire  St. 
Cambridge. 

Cambridge. 

40  Commonwealth  Ave. 
Mass.  Gen’l.  Hospital. 
27  State  St. 

123  Boylston  St. 

W.  Newton. 

Brookline. 

13  Tremont  St. 

2 Beacon  St. 

u n u 

Woburn. 

47  Congress  St. 

Chesnut  Hill. 

162  Washington  St. 

4 Liberty  Sq. 

97  State  St. 

13  Congress  St. 

40  State  St. 

57  Hancock  St. 

141  Broadway,  S.  B. 
City  Hall. 

Boston. 

21  Court  Sq. 

45  Summer  St. 

Boston. 

55  Temple  St. 

4 Milk  St. 

75  Kilby  St. 

27  Tremont  St. 

132  Tremont  St. 

u u u 

Hotel  Pelham. 


84 


Franklin  H.  Story, 

William  Stowe, 

George  Sceva, 

Edward  A.  Strong, 

F.  R.  Sturgis, 

E.  Lewis  Sturtevant,  M.D. 
Austin  Sumner, 

Charles  W.  Swan,  M.D., 
t Isaac  Sweetzer, 

G.  W.  Swett, 

f J.  Brooks  Taft, 

J.  T.  Talbot, 

David  Thaxter, 

L.  Lincoln  Thaxter, 

Levi  L.  Thaxter, 
t Nathaniel  Thayer, 
t William  Thomas, 
t N.  A.  Thompson, 

Edward  S.  Tobey, 

Frank  I.  Tolman, 
t James  Tolman, 

James  0.  Treat, 

L.  Trouvelot, 

Alanson  Tucker, 

Joshua  Tucker,  M.D., 
William  Tudor, 

C.  A.  Tufts, 

C.  W.  Tuttle, 

John  E.  Tyler,  M.D., 

A.  E.  Verrill, 
t Joseph  Vila,  Jr., 

George  L.  Vose, 


60  State  St. 

43  Commercial  St. 
Mansfield. 

99  Pearl  St. 

New  York. 
Framingham. 

85  Boylston  St. 

1039  Washington  St. 

25  Broad  St. 

Suffolk  Bank. 

18  Batterymarch  St. 

31  Mt.  Vernon  St. 

16  Court  St. 

13  Tremont  St. 
Newtonville. 

40  State  St. 

10  Marlborough  St. 

Old  State  House. 

103  State  St. 

8 Boylston  PI. 

Ill  Washington  St. 
Lawrence. 

E.  Medford. 

34  Franklin  St. 

4 Hamilton  PI. 

Joy,  cor.  of  Beacon  St. 
Dover,  N.  H. 

47  Court  St. 

Somerville. 

New  Haven,  Ct. 

13  Congress  St. 

Paris  Hill,  Me. 


85 


0.  F.  Wadsworth,  M.D. 

84  Charles  St. 

f George  W.  Wales, 

142  Beacon  St. 

r T.  B.  Wales, 

50  Central  Whf. 

Charles  H.  Walker,  M.D., 

Chelsea. 

James  E.  Walker,  M.D., 

1554  Washington  St. 

Henry  Artemas  Ward,  M.D., 

228  Tremont  St. 

Charles  E.  Ware,  M.D., 

39  West  St. 

Frederic  Ware, 

Cambridge. 

Geo.  Wash.  Warren, 

42  Court  St. 

Joseph  H.  Warren,  M.D., 

903  Washington  St. 

Thomas  Waterman,  Jr., 

14  Parker  St. 

Rev.  R.  C.  Waterston, 

71  Chester  Sq. 

S.  G.  Webber,  M.D., 

73  Brookline  St. 

J.  R.  Webster,  M.D., 

Milton. 

Moses  W.  Weld,  M.D., 

23  Worcester  St. 

William  F.  Weld, 

42  Central  Whf. 

Henry  M.‘  Wellington, 

13  Pemberton  Sq. 

John  Wetherbee,  Jr., 

11  Phoenix  Building. 

Leander  Wetherell, 

15  Winter  St. 

Jeremiah  Whipple, 

Boston. 

C.  T.  White, 

64  Fulton  St. 

James  C.  White,  M.D., 

10  Park  Sq. 

C.  J.  Whitmore, 

1 Central  Whf. 

J.  P.  Whitney, 

19  Lindall  St. 

Charles  Whittier, 

39  Bromfield  St. 

W.  Wickersham, 

13  Pemberton  Sq. 

Edward  Wigglesworth, 

16  India  Whf. 

Thomas  Wigglesworth, 

u it  it 

Joseph  M.  Wightman, 

13  Doane  St. 

Burt  G.  Wilder,  M.D., 

Cambridge. 

Marshall  P.  Wilder, 

4 Winthrop  Sq. 

Benjamin  B.  Williams, 

3 Louisburg  Sq. 

Henry  W.  Williams,  M.D., 

15  Arlington  St. 

E.  T.  Wilson,  M.D., 

167  Tremont  St. 

86 


Henry  W.  Wilson, 

Samuel  S.  Wilson, 

Charles  H.  Wing, 

C.  F.  Winslow,  M.D., 
Edward  Winslow, 
Alexander  M.  Wood,  M.D., 
Samuel  D.  Woodward, 
Charles  W.  Wrightington, 
Jeffries  Wyman,  M.D., 

Joseph  H.  York,  M.D., 


Dorchester,  off  Seventh  St.,  S*  B. 
11  Monument  Ave.,  Charlestown. 
5 Liberty  Sq. 

Boston. 

80  State  St. 

60  Beverly  St. 

Newport,  R.  I. 

51  Commercial  St. 

Cambridge. 

Boston. 


Honorary  Members 
Corresponding  Members 
Patrons,  living 
Patrons,  deceased 

Original  Members 
Resident  Members,  Paying  . 
Resident  Members,  Life 


31 

. 228 
. 112 
. 66 

178  178 

38 

. 370 
. 122 

492  492 


PRINCIPAL  CONTRIBUTORS  TO  THE  FUNDS 


1840. 

Ambrose  S.  Courtis, 

$10,000 

1845. 

John  Parker, 

2,000 

1847. 

Amos  Lawrence, 

Building  Fund 

5,000 

it 

Abbott  Lawrence, 

u 

1,000 

Li 

John  A.  Lowell, 

it 

1,000 

ll 

Nathan  Appleton, 

ii 

1,000 

It 

William  Appleton, 

it 

1,000 

ll 

Samuel  Appleton, 

it 

1,000 

Peter  C.  Brooks, 

ii 

1,000 

It 

John  C.  Warren, 

it 

1,000 

(( 

Mrs.  Amos  Binney, 

ti 

1,000 

1849. 

Jonathan  Phillips, 

2,000 

1854. 

T.  H.  Perkins, 

1,000 

1861. 

Miss  Mary  P.  Townsend, 

3,000 

it 

Jonathan  Phillips, 

10,000 

u 

Wm.  J.  Walker,  Estate  afterwards  sold  for 

20,550 

1862. 

Wm.  J.  Walker, 

Building  Fund 

20,000 

(t 

Thomas  Lee, 

ii 

1,000 

n 

John  L.  Gardner, 

tt 

1,000 

ti 

Benjamin  D.  Greene, 

ii 

1,000 

it 

Nathaniel  Thayer, 

it 

1,000 

u 

Henry  B.  Bogers, 

ii 

1,000 

it 

A Friend, 

it 

1,000 

1863. 

Benjamin  D.  Greene, 

it 

9,000 

1864. 

Wm.  J.  Walker, 

Working  Fund 

20,000 

88 


1864.  Nathaniel  Thayer, 

1865.  Wm.  J.  Walker, 

“ Huntington  F.  Wolcott, 
1867.  Miss  Sarah  P.  Pratt, 

“ Paschal  P.  Pope, 

“ Henry  Harris, 


Working  Fund  $1,500 

120,000 

5,000 

10,000 

20,000 

5,000 


LIST  or  INSTITUTIONS 


IN  CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  THE  SOCIETY. 


Albany,  Albany  Institute. 

“ New  York  State  Agricultural  Society. 

“ New  York  State  Library. 

Alnwick,  Berwickshire  Naturalists’  Club. 

Altenburg,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft  des  Osterlandes. 
Amsterdam,  Genootschap  Natura  Artis  Magistra. 

“ Koninklijke  Akademie  van  Wetenschappen. 

A n s p a c h , Historischer  Verein  in  Mittelfranken. 

Anvers,  Cercle  Artistique,  Litt^raire  et  Scientifique  d’ Anvers. 

“ Soci4t6  Pateontologique  de  Belgique. 

Augsburg,  Naturhistorischer  Yerein. 

Bamberg,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

Basel,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

Batavia,  Bataviaasch  Genootschap  van  Kunsten  en  Wetenschappen. 

“ Natuurkundige  Vereeniging  in  Nederlandsch  Indie. 

Beauvais,  Soci£t4  Acad&nique  d’Archdologie,  Sciences  et  Arts  du 
D^partement  de  l’Oise. 

Belfast,  Natural  History  and  Philosophical  Society. 

Bergen,  Bergens  Museum. 

Berlin,  Akklimatisations-Verein. 

“ Archiv  fur  Anatomie,  Physiologie  und  wissenschaftliche 
Medicin. 


90 


Berlin,  Archiv  fur  Naturgeschichte. 

44  Deutsche  geologische  Gesellschaft. 

44  Entomologischer  Verein. 

44  Gesellschaft  fur  Erdkunde. 

44  Gesellschaft  naturforschender  Freunde. 

44  Koniglich-Preussische  Akademie  der  Wissenschaften. 

44  Yerein  fur  Beforderung  des  Gartenbaues. 

Bern,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

Besan^on,  Soci£t£  d’Emulation  du  Doubs. 

Blankenberg,  Naturwissenschaftlicher  Verein  des  Harzes. 
Bologna,  Imperial  Regio  Istituto  Geologico. 

44  Reale  Accademia  delle  Scienze. 

Bombay,  Bombay  Geographical  Society. 

44  Royal  Asiatic  Society. 

Bonn,  Naturhistorischer  Verein  des  Preussischen  Rheinlandes. 

44  Verein  von  Alterthumsfreunden  im  Rheinlande. 
Bordeaux,  Academie  Impdriale  des  Sciences,  Belles-Lettres  et  Arts* 
“ Soci^t4  des  Sciences  Physiques  et  Naturelles. 

44  Soci^t^  Linn^enne. 

Boston,  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

44  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal. 

44  Horticultural  Society. 

44  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 

*4  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

44  Public  Library. 

44  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 

B r e g e n z , Vorarlberger  Museums-Verein. 

Bremen,  Naturwissenschaftlicher  Verein. 

Breslau,  Schlesische  Gesellschaft  fur  vaterlandische  Cultur. 

B r ii  n n , Kon.  Kais.  Maehrisch-Schlesische  Gesellschaft  zur  Beforderung 
des  Ackerbaues,  der  Natur-  und  Landeskunde. 

44  Naturforschender  Verein. 

44  Werner- Verein  zur  geologischen  Durchforschung  von  Mahren 

und  Schlesien. 


91 


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Bruxelles,  Acattemie  Royale  des  Sciences,  des  Lettres  et  des 
Beaux-Arts. 

“ Socidtd  Botanique  de  Belgique. 

“ Socidte  Entomologique  de  Belgique. 

“ Socidtd  Malacologique  de  Belgique. 

“ Soci4t<§  Royale  Linndenne. 

Buenos  Aires,  Museo  Publico  de  Buenos  Aires. 

Buffalo,  Buffalo  Society  of  Natural  Science. 

Caen,  Academie  Royale  des  Sciences,  Arts  et  Belles-Lettres. 

“ Socidte  Linn4enne  de  Normandie. 

Calcutta,  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Society  of  India. 

“ Asiatic  Society  of  Bengal. 

“ Geological  Survey  of  India. 

Cambridge,  Eng.,  Cambridge  Philosophical  Society. 

U U Journal  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology. 

« Mass.,  Harvard  Natural  History  Society. 

a “ Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

C a s s e 1 , Journal  fur  Omithologie. 

Catania,  Accademia  Gioenia  di  Scienze  Naturali. 
Cherbourg,  Soctetd  Imp&iale  des  Sciences  Naturelles. 
Charleston,  Elliott  Society  of  Natural  History. 

Chicago,  Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences. 

Christiania,  Kongelige  Norske  Frederiks  Universitet. 

“ Videnskabs  Selskab  i Christiania. 

Chur,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft  Graubiindens. 

Colmar,  Soctetd  d’Histoire  Naturelle  de  Colmar. 

Danzig,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

Darmstadt,  Mittelrheinischer  geologischer  Verein. 

Dessau,  Naturhistorischer  Verein. 

D i j on,  Academie  Imp&riale  des  Sciences,  Arts  et  Belles-Lettres. 

D o r p a t , Archiv  fur  die  Naturkunde,  Liv-  Ehst-  und  Kurlands. 

“ Gelehrte  Estnische  Gesellschaft. 

Dresden,  Gesellschaft  fur  Natur-  und  Heilkunde. 

“ Gesellschaft  fur  Erdkunde. 


92 


Dresden,  Kais.  Leopoldinisch-Carolinische  Deutsche  Akademie  der 
Naturforscher. 

“ Naturwissenschaftliche  Gesellschaft,  Isis. 

Dublin,  Dublin  Botanical  Society. 

“ Dublin  Quarterly  Journal  of  Science. 

“ Natural  History  Society. 

“ Royal  Dublin  Society. 

“ Royal  Geological  Society  of  Ireland. 

“ Royal  Irish  Academy. 

Edinburgh,  Botanical  Society. 

“ Royal  Physical  Society. 

“ Royal  Scottish  Society  of  Arts. 

“ Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh. 

“ Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland. 

Emden,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

Erfurt,  Kon.  Akademie  gemeinnutziger  Wissenschaften. 
Frankfurt  a.  M.,  Senckenbergische  naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

“ Zoologische  Gesellschaft. 

Freiburg,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

Geneve,  Association  Zoologique  du  L^man. 

“ Institut  National  Genevois. 

“ Socidtd  de  Physique  et  d’  Histoire  Naturelle. 

Genova,  Societa  Ligure  di  Storia  Patria. 

Germany,  Versammlung  Deutscher  Naturforscher  und  Arzte. 
Giessen,  Oberhessische  Gesellschaft. 

Glasgow,  Geological  Society. 

“ Glasgow  Philosophical  Society. 

G o r li  tz  , Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

“ Oberlausitzische  Gesellschaft  der  Wissenschaften. 
Gotheborg,  Kongliga  Vetenskaps  och  Vitterhets  Samhalle. 
Gottingen,  Konigliche  Gesellschaft  der  Wissenschaften. 

Graz,  Verein  der  Aerzte  in  Steiermark. 

Great  Britain,  British  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Sc 
Groningue,  Soci^td  des  Sciences  Naturelles. 


> 


93 


Haarlem,  Hollandsche  Maatschappij  der  Wetenschappen. 

“ Institution  Teyl^rienne. 

H a b a n a , Real  Sociedad  Economica  de  Amigos  del  Pais. 

“ Repertorio  Fisico-Natural  de  la  Isla  de  Cuba. 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotian  Institute  of  Natural  Science. 

Halle,  Linnsea,  ein  Journal  fur  die  Botanik  in  ihrem  ganzen  Umfange 
“ Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 

“ Naturwissenschaftlicher  Yerein  fur  Sachsen  und  Thiiringen. 
Hamburg,  Naturwissenchaftliche  Gesellschaft. 

“ Naturwissenschaftlicher  Yerein. 

H a n a u , Wetterauer  Gesellschaft  fur  die  gesammte  Naturkunde. 
Hannover,  Naturhistorische  Gesellschaft. 

Heidelberg,  Naturhistorisch-medicinischer  Verein. 
Helsingfors,  Finska  Lakare-Sallskapet. 

“ Finska  Vetenskaps  Societeten. 

Hermannstadt,  Siebenburgischer  Verein  fur  Naturwissenschaften. 

“ Verein  fur  Siebenburgische  Landeskunde. 

Hertogenbosch,  Provinciaal  Genootschap  van  Kunsten  en  Wet- 
enschappen. 

Hobarttown,  Tasmania  Royal  Society. 

Hong  Kong,  Asiatic  Society  of  China. 

Honolulu,  Royal  Hawaiian  Agricultural  Society, 
nnsbruck,  Ferdinandeum. 

Jena,  Medicinisch-naturwissenschaftliche  Gesellschaft. 

Kazan,  Imper.  Kazanskii  Universitat. 

Kingston,  C.  W.,  Botanical  Society  of  Canada. 

“ W.  I.,  Jamaica  Society  of  Arts. 

Kj  obenhavn,  Det  Kongelige  Danske  Videnskabernes  Selskab. 

Kongelige  Nordiske  Oldskrift-Selskab. 

“ Naturhistoriske  Forening. 

“ Naturhistoriske  Tidsskrift. 

Klagenfurt,  Naturhistorisches  Landesmuseum  von  Kaernten. 
Konigsberg,  Kon.  Physikalisch-Okonomische  Gesellschaft. 
Kronstadt,  Obshtshestvo  Morskaia  Wratchei. 


94 


La  H a y e , Socidte  Entomologique  des  Pays-Bas. 

Leeds,  Geological  and  Polytechnic  Society  of  the  West  Riding  of 
Yorkshire. 

“ Philosophical  and  Literary  Society. 

Leyden,  Academia  Lugduno-Batava. 

Leipzig,  Koniglich  Saechsische  Gesellschaft  der  Wissenschaften. 

■“  Zeitschrift  fur  wissenschaftliche  Zoologie. 

L e Mans,  Soctete  d’  Agriculture,  Sciences  et  Arts  de  la  Sarthe. 

L e P u y , Society  d’ Agriculture,  Sciences,  Arts  et  Commerce. 

L i 4 g e , Soctetd  Royale  des  Sciences. 

Lille,  Soci£t£  des  Sciences,  d’  Agriculture  et  des  Arts. 

Lisboa,  Academia  Real  das  Sciencias. 

Liverpool,  Derby  Museum. 

“ Geological  Society. 

“ Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire. 

11  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society. 

u Liverpool  Royal  Institution. 

Linz,  Museum  Francisco-Carolinum. 

London,  Anthropological  Society. 

“ Annals  and  Magazine  of  Natural  History. 

“ Entomological  Society. 

“ Ethnological  Journal. 

“ Geological  Magazine. 

“ Geological  Society. 

u India  Museum. 

“ Journal  of  Entomology. 

“ Journal  of  Travel  and  Natural  History. 

“ Linnsean  Society. 

“ London,  Edinburgh  and  Dublin  Philosophical  Magazine. 

“ Museum  of  Practical  Geology  and  Geological  Survey. 

“ Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England. 

“ Royal  Geographical  Society. 

“ Royal  Horticultural  Society. 


95 


London,  Royal  Institution  of  Great  Britian. 

11  Royal  Society. 

“ Zoological  Society. 

Lund,  Universitas  Carolina  Lundensis. 

Liineburg,  Naturwissenschaftlicher  Yerein. 

Luxembourg,  Soci£t4  des  Sciences  Naturelles  du  Grand-Duchp 
de  Luxembourg. 

Lyon,  Acad^mie  Imp^riale  des  Sciences,  Belles-Lettres  et  Arts. 

“ Society  d’ Agriculture,  d’Histoire  Naturelle  et  des  Arts  Utiles. 

“ Society  Linn^enne. 

Madison,  Wisconsin  Natural  History  Society. 

Madras,  Literary  Society  and  Auxiliary  of  the  Royal  Asiatic 
- Society. 

Madrid,  Academia  Real  de  Ciencias. 

Manchester,  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society. 

Mannheim,  Mannheimer  Verein  fur  Naturkunde. 

Marburg,  Gesellschaft  fur  Beforderung  der  gesammten  Naturwis- 
senschaften. 

Melbourne,  Entomological  Society  of  New  South  Wales. 

“ Philosophical  Institution  of  Victoria. 

M e n d e , Soci£t4  d’ Agriculture,  Industrie,  Sciences  et  Arts  du  D^parte- 
ment  de  la  Loz6re. 

Metz,  Soctetd  d’Histoire  Naturelle  du  D^partement  de  la  Moselle. 
Middelburg,  Zeeuwsch  Genootschap  der  Wetenschappen. 
Milano,  Imperiale  Regio  Istituto  Lombardo  di  Scienze,  Lettere  ed 
Arti. 

“ Museo  dei  Fratelli  Villa. 

“ Societa  Italiana  di  Scienze  Naturali. 

Modena,  Societa  Italiana  delle  Scienze. 

M o n s , Soctetd  des  Sciences,  des  Arts  et  des  Lettres  du  Hainaut. 
Montpellier,  Acad^mie  des  Sciences  et  Lettres. 

Montreal,  Canadian  Naturalist  and  Geologist. 

“ Geological  Survey  of  Canada. 

M o s c o u , Soci^td  Imperiale  d’ Agriculture. 


96 


Moscou,  Socidtd  Impdriale  des  Naturalistes. 

Miinchen,  Koniglich  Bayerische  Akademie  der  Wissenschaften. 

“ Konigliche  Hof-  und  Staats-Bibliothek. 

Napoli,  Real  Accademia  delle  Scienze  e Belle  Lettere. 
Neubrandenburg,  Verein  der  Freunde  der  Naturgeschichte  in 

Mecklenburg. 

Neuchatel,  Socidte  des  Sciences  Naturelles. 

Neustadt,  Die  Pollichia;  naturwissenschaftlicher  Verein  der  Rhem- 
pfalz. 

New  Haven,  American  Journal  of  Science  and  Arts. 

“ Connecticut  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

New  York,  Lyceum  of  Natural  History. 

Niirnberg,  Naturhistorische  Gesellschaft. 

Odessa,  Obshtshestvo  Seljskago  Khozjaistva  Juzhnoi  Rossii. 

“ Odesskoe  Obshtshestvo  Istorii  i Drevnostei. 

Offenbach  a.M.,  Offenbach  er  Verein  fur  Naturkunde. 
Padova,  Imperiale  Regia  Accademia  di  Scienze,  Lettere,  ed  Arti. 

P alermo,  Accademia  delle  Scienze  e belle  Lettere. 

“ Reale  Istituto  d’Incoraggiamento  di  Agricoltura,  Arti 

e Manifatture  in  Sicilia. 

“ Reale  Istituto  Tecnico  di  Palermo. 

Paris,  Acaddmie  Impdriale  des  Sciences. 

«.  Ecole  Imperiale  des  Mines. 
u Journal  de  Conchyliologie. 

11  Minister e de  la  Marine. 
a Mus4um  d’Histoire  Naturelle. 

“ Revue  de  S4riciculture  Comparde. 

“ Revue  de  V Horticulture. 

« Revue  et  Magazin  de  Zoologie.  « 

« Socidtd  d’  Anthr opologie . 

“ Socidtd  de  Biologie. 

“ Socidtd  de  Gdographie. 

“ Socidtd  des  Antiquaires  de  France. 

“ Socidtd  Entomologique  de  France. 


97 


Paris,  Soctete  Geologique  de  France. 

“ Soci4t4  Imp4riale  et  Centrale  d’ Agriculture. 

“ Society  Imp4riale  et  Centrale  d’ Horticulture. 

“ Societe  Imp4riale  Zoologique  d’Acclimatation. 

Penzance,  Royal  Geological  Society  of  Cornwall. 
Philadelphia,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences. 

“ American  Philosophical  Society. 

“ Conchological  Section  of  the  Academy  of  Natural 

Sciences. 

“ Entomological  Society. 

Portland,  Society  of  Natural  History. 

P r a g , Konigliche  Bohmische  Gesellschaft. 

“ Lotos,  Zeitschrift  fur  Naturwissenschaften. 

“ Kon.  Kais.  Patriot-Okonomische  Gesellschaft  in  Bohmen. 
Presburg,  Verein  fur  Naturkunde. 

Quebec,  Literary  and  Historical  Society. 

Regensburg,  Kon.  Bayerische  botanische  Gesellschaft. 

“ Zoologisch-mineralogischer  Verein. 

Rennes,  Soci4t4  des  Sciences  Physiques  et  Naturelles  du  Departe- 
ment  d’llle  et  Vilaine. 

Riga,  Naturforschender  Verein. 

Rostock,  Meklenburgischer  patriotischer  Verein. 

Rotterdam,  Bataavsch  Genootschap  der  Prcefondervindelijke  Wijs- 
begeerte. 

St.  Gallen,  St.  Gallische  Gesellschaft. 

St.  Johns,  Natural  History  Society  of  New  Brunswick. 

St.  Louis,  Academy  of  Science. 

St.-P4tersbourg,  Acaddmie  Imp4riale  des  Sciences. 

“ Biblioth4que  Imp4riale  Publique. 

u Etat  Major  du  Corps  des  Ing4nieurs  des 

Mines  de  Russie. 

u Gidrographitsheskii  Departament  Morskago 

Ministerstva. 


7 


98 


St.  P^tersbourg,  Imper.  Russkoe  Geographitsheskoe  Obsht- 

shestvo. 

“ Kaiserliche  Gesellschaft  fiir  die  gesammte 

Mineralogie. 

“ Socidte  Entomologique  de  Russie. 

St.  Polten,  Landes-ober-Realschule  und  Real-Gymnasium. 
Salem,  Essex  Institute. 

Salzburg,  Ken.  Kais.  Landwirthschafts-Gesellschaft. 

San  Fra  ncisco,  California  Academy  of  Sciences. 

Santiago,  Universidad  de  Chile. 

Scandinavia,  Skandinaviske  Naturforskeres  Forsamling. 
Stettin,  Entomologischer  Yerein. 

Stockholm,  Bureau  de  la  Recherche  Gdologique  de  la  Su&de. 

“ Kongliga  Svenska  Vetenskaps  Akademien. 

Strasbourg,  Socidtd  d’Histoire  Naturelle. 

Stuttgart,  Deutsche  ornithologe  Gesellschaft. 

“ Neues  Jahrbuch  fur  Mineralogie,  Geologie  und  Palseon- 

tologie. 

“ Verein  fur  vaterlandische  Naturkunde. 

Switzerland,  Allgemeine  Schweizerische  Gesellschaft  fur  die 
gesammten  Naturwissenschaften. 

“ Schweizerische  entomologische  Gesellschaft. 

“ * Socidtd  Yaudoise  des  Sciences  Naturelles. 

T h a r a n d , Kon.  Sachsische  Akademie  fur  Forst-  und  Landwirthe. 
Torino,  Reale  Accademia  delle  Scienze. 

Toronto,  Canadian  Institute. 

Toulouse,  Acaddmie  des  Sciences,  Inscriptions  et  Belles-Lettres. 
Tours,  Socidtd  d’ Agriculture,  Sciences,  Arts  et  Belle-Lettres  du  Dd- 
partement  d’  Indre  et  Loire. 

Trieste,  Civico  Musec  Ferdinando  Massimiliano  in  Trieste. 
Trinidad,  Scientific  Association. 

Troyes,  Socidtd  Acad4mique  du  Ddpartement  de  l’Aube. 

U p s a 1 a , Kongliga  Vetenskaps  Societeten. 


99 


Utrecht,  Provinciaal  Utrechtsch  Genootschap  van  Kunsten  en 
Wetenschappen. 

Venezia,  Istituto  Veneto  di  Scienze,  Lettere  ed  Arti. 

V e r o n a , Accademia  d’ Agricoltura,  Commercio  ed  Arti. 
Washington,  Smithsonian  Institution. 

“ Department  of  Agriculture. 

Wien,  Kaiserliche  Akademie  der  Wissenschaften. 

“ Kon.  Kais.  Central- Anstalt  fur  Meteorologie  und  Erdmagnetis- 
mus. 

“ Kon.  Kais.  geographische  Gesellschaft. 

“ Kon.  Kais.  geologische  Reichsanstalt. 

“ Kon.  Kais.  zoologisch-botanische  Gesellschaft. 
Wiesbaden,  Verein  fur  Naturkunde. 

Worcester,  American  Antiquarian  Society. 

Wurzburg,  Wiirzburger  naturwissenschaftliche  Zeitschrift. 
Zurich,  Naturforschende  Gesellschaft. 


/ 


PUBLICATIONS  OP  THE  SOCIETY. 


BOSTON  JOURNAL  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY, 

Containing  Papers  and  Communications  read  to  the  Boston 
Society  of  Natural  History.  Published  by  their  Direction. 

7 vols.  8vo.  Boston,  1834-62. 


Vol.  I.  1834-1837. 

Part  I.  1834. 

I.  Address  delivered  before  the  Society  at  the  opening  of  their 
Hall  in  Tremont  Street.  By  the  Rev.  F.  W.  P.  Greenwood. 
II.  Remarks  in  Defence  of  the  Author  of  the  “Birds  of  Amer- 
ica.” By  the  Rev.  John  Bachman.  III.  Description  of  a 
Gibbon.  By  Winslow  Lewis,  Jr.,  M.D.  [Plates  I— II.]  IV. 
Cicindelse  of  Massachusetts.  By  Augustus  A.  Gould,  M.  D. 
[Plate  III.]  V.  Chiastolite,  or  Made  of  Lancaster.  By 
Charles  T.  Jackson,  M.D.  [Plate  IV.]  VI.  Observations  on 
a Shell  in  the  Cabinet  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  His- 
tory, supposed  to  be  identical  with  the  Murex  Aruanus  of 
Linnaeus  and  the  Fusus  Proboscidiferus  of  - Lamarck.  By  A. 
Binney,  M.D.  [Plates  V-VI.] 

Part  II.  1835. 

VII.  On  certain  Causes  of  Geological  Change  now  in  Oper- 
ation in  Massachusetts.  By  Edward  Hitchcock,  A.M. 
VIII.  Enumeration  of  Plants  growing  Spontaneously  around 


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Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  with  Remarks  on  some  New  and 
Obscure  Species.  By  Moses  A.  Curtis,  A.M.  IX.  Upon  the 
Economy  of  some  American  Species  of  Hispa.  By  T.  W. 
Harris,  M.D.  X.  Descriptions  of  New  North  American  Cole- 
opterous Insects,  and  Observations  on  some  already  Described. 
By  Thomas  Say.  XI.  Description  of  a New  Animal  belong- 
ing to  the  Arachnides  of  Latreille;  discovered  in  the  Sea 
along  the  Shores  of  the  New  South  Shetland  Islands.  By 
James  Eights,  M.D.  [Plate  VII.]  XII.  Chemical  Analysis 
of  Chrysocolla,  from  the  Holquin  Copper  Mines,  near  Gibara, 
Cuba.  By  C.  T.  Jackson,  M.D. 

Part  III.  1836 

XIH.  Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  North  American  Hy- 
menoptera,  and  Observations  on  some  already  Described.  By 
Thomas  Say.  XIV.  Sketch  of  the  Geology  of  Portland  and 
its  Vicinity.  By  Edward  Hitchcock,  A.  M.  [With  Map.] 
XV.  An  Examination  of  the  Catalogue  of  the  Marine  and 
Fresh  Water  Fishes  of  Massachusetts,  by  J.  V.  C.  Smith, 
M.D.,  contained  in  Professor  Hitchcock’s  Report  on  the 
Geology,  Mineralogy,  etc.,  of  Massachusetts.  By  D.  Hum- 
phreys Storer,  M.D.  [Plate  VIII.]  XVI.  Chemical  Analysis 
of  Three  Varieties  of  Bituminous  Coal,  and  one  of  Anthra- 
cite. By  C.  T.  Jackson,  M.D. 

Part  IV.  1837. 

XVII.  Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  North  American  Hy- 
menoptera,  and  Observations  on  some  already  described  (con- 
cluded). By  Thomas  Say.  XVIII.  Description  of  a New 
Species  of  the  Genus  Hydrargyra;  with  some  Additions  to 
the  Catalogue  of  the  Fishes  of  Massachusetts  in  Professor 
Hitchcock’s  “Report.”  By  D.  Humphreys.  Storer,  M.D. 
XIX.  Remarks  on  the  Positions  assumed  by  George  Ord,  Esq., 
in  relation  to  the  Cow  Black-Bird  (Icterus  Agripennis)  in 
Loudon’s  Magazine  for  February,  1836.  By  Thomas  M. 
Brewer.  XX.  Some  Additions  to  the  Catalogue  of  the  Birds 


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of ‘Massachusetts  in  Professor  Hitchcock’s  “Report.”  By 
Thomas  M.  Brewer.  XXI.  Description  of  a New  Species  of 
the  Genus  Marginella  (Lam.)  with  some  Observations  upon  the 
same.  By  Capt.  Joseph  P.  Couthouy.  [Plate  IX.]  XXII. 
Anatomical  Description  of  the  Galapagos  Tortoise.  By  J.  B. 

S.  Jackson,  M.D.  [Plate  X-XI.]  XXIII.  Description  of  a 
New  Species  of  the  Genus  Gasterosteus.  By  D.  Humphreys 
Storer,  M.D.  XXIV.  Description  of  a new  Species  of 
Marginella.  By  D.  Humphreys  Storer,  M.D.  [Plate  IX.] 
XXV.  A Monograph  of  the  Helices  inhabiting  the  United 
States.  By  Amos  Binney,  M.D.  [Plates  X1I-XXI.] 

Vol.  II.  1838-1839 

Part  I.  1838 

I.  Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  Coleopterous  Insects, 
inhabiting  the  State  of  Maine.  By  John  W.  Randall. 

II.  Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  Coleopterous  Insects,  in- 
habiting the  State  of  Massachusetts.  By  J.  W.  Band  all. 

III.  Description  of  New  Species  of  Mollusca  and  Shells,  and 
Remarks  on  several  Polypi,  found  in  Massachusetts  Bay.  By 
Capt.  Joseph  P.  Couthouy.  [Plates  I-III.]  IV.  Notice  of 
Three  Species  of  Trillium,  found  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston. 
By  J.  E.  Teschemacher.  [Plate  IV.]  V.  Description  of 
a New  Species  of  Nucuia,  from  Massachusetts  Bay.  By  D. 
Humphreys  Storer,  M.D.  VI.  Observations  on  the  Plumage 
of  the  Bed  and  Mottled  Owls  (Strix  Asio).  By  Samuel 
Cabot,  Jr. 

Part  II.  1839 * 

VII.  Monograph  on  the  Family  Osteodesmacea  of  Deshayes, 
with  Remarks  on  two  Species  of  Patelloidea,  and  Descriptions 
of  New  Species  of  Marine  Shells,  a Species  of  Anculotus, 
and  one  of  Eolis.  By  Capt.  Joseph  P.  Couthouy.  [Plate V.] 
VIII.  Remarks  on  the  North  American  Insects  belonging  to 
the  genus  Cychrus  of  Fabricius;  with  Descriptions  of  some 
newly  detected'  species.  By  Thaddeus  William  Harris, 


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M.D.  IX.  A Description  of  the  Principal  Fruits  of  Cuba. 

By  the  Rev.  F.  W.  P.  Greenwood.  X.  An  Enumeration  of 
some  Lichens  of  New  England;  with  Remarks.  By  Ed- 
ward Tuckerman,  Jr.  XI.  Observations  on  some  Species 
of  the  Marine  Shells  of  Massachusetts,  with  Descriptions  of 
five  new  Species.  By  Prof.  C.  B.  Adams. 

Parts  III-IY.  1839.  $3.00 

XII.  A Report  on  the  Fishes  of  Massachusetts.  By  D.  Hum- 
phreys Storer,  M.D.  [Plates  VI- VIII.] 

Vol.  III.  1840-1841. 

Parts  I-II.  1840. 

I.  A Report  on  the  Reptiles  of  Massachusetts.  By  D.  Hum- 
phreys Storer,  M.D.  [Plate  I.]  II.  A Report  on  the  Birds 
of  Massachusetts.  By  the  Rev.  W.  B.  O.  Peabody.  III. 
Descriptions  of  four  new  Species  of  Fishes.  By  Jared  P. 
Kirtland,  M.D.  [Plate  II.]  IV.  Descriptions  of  three  new 
Species  of  Shells.  By  John  G.  Anthony.  [Plate  III.]  V. 

Notice  of  Native  Nitrate  of  Soda  containing  Sulphate  of  Soda, 
Chloride  of  Sodium,  Iodate  of  Soda,  and  Chloriodide  of  So- 
dium. By  A.  A.  Hayes. 

Part  III.  1840. 

VI.  A further  Enumeration  of  some  New  England  Lichens. 

By  Edward  Tuckerman,  Jr.,  LL.B.  VII.  Notice  of  Minerals 
from  New  Holland.  By  Francis  Alger.  VIII.  Descriptions 
of  Thirteen  New  Species  of  New  England  Shells.  By  Prof. 

C.  B.  Adams.  [Plate  III.]  IX.  Description  of  Tellina  tenta 
Say,  and  of  Helix  serpuloides  Montagu,  with  Remarks  on  other 
Marine  Shells  of  Massachusetts.  By  Prof.  C.  B.  Adams.  X. 
Descriptions  of  the  Fishes  of  the  Ohio  River  and  its  Tributa- 
ries. By  Jared  P.  Kirtland,  M.D.  [Plates  IV- VI.]  XI.  A 
9 Monograph  of  the  Helices  inhabiting  the  United  States  (con-, 
tinued).  By  Amos  Binney,  M.D.  [Plates  VII-XIX.]  XII. 
Descriptions  of  Two  New  Species  of  Anculotus.  By  J.  G. 
Anth^y.  XHI.  Monograph  of  the  Species  of  Pupa  found  in 


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the  United  States,  with  Figures.  By  Augustus  A.  Gould, 
M.D. 

Part  IV.  1841. 

XIV.  A Monograph  of  the  Helices  inhabiting  the  United 
States  (continued).  By  Amos  Binney,  M.D.  [Plates  XXI- 
XXVI.  Plate  XX  wanting.]  XV.  Further  Notices  of  some 
New  England  Lichens.  By  Edward  Tuckerman,  Jr.,  LL.B. 

XVI.  Attempt  to  ascertain  some  of  the  Hepatic  Mosses  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, with  Remarks.  By  John  Lewis  Russell. 

XVII.  Descriptions  of  the  Fishes  of  the  Ohio  River  and  its 
Tributaries  (continued).  By  Jared  P.  Kirtland,  M.D. 
[Plates  XXVII-XXIX.]  XVIII.  Results  of  an  Examination 
of  the  Shells  of  Massachusetts,  and  their  Geographical  Distri- 
bution. By  Augustus  A.  Gould,  M.D. 

Vol.  IV.  1843-1844  (should  be  1842-1844). 

Part  I.  1842. 

I.  Dissection  of  two  Adult  Dromedaries,  a Male  and  a Fe- 
male. By  J.  B.  S.  Jackson,  M.D.  II.  Descriptions  of  the 
Fishes  of  the  Ohio  River  and  its  Tributaries  (continued). 
By  Jared  P.  Kirtland,  M.D.  [Plates  I— III.]  III.  Ob- 
servations on  the  genus  Scalops  (Shrew  Moles),  with  De- 
scriptions of  the  Species  found  in  North  America.  By  J. 
Bachman,  D.D.  IV.  On  the  Occurrence  of  the  Phosphate  of 
Uranium  in  the  Tourmaline  locality  of  Chesterfield.  By  J.  E. 
Teschemacher.  V.  Descriptions  of  Twenty-four  Species  of 
the  Shells  of  New  England.  By  J.  W.  Mighels,  M.D.,  and 
Prof.  C.  B.  Adams.  [Plate  IV.]  VI.  Descriptions  and  Figures 
of  the  Araneides  of  the  United  States.  By  N.  M.  Hentz. 
[Plate  VII.]  VII.  Descriptions  of  two  new  Species  of  Fishes. 
By  D.  Humphreys  Storer,  M.D.  [Plate  V.]  VIII.  On  a new 
Species  of  Rafflesia,  from  Manilla.  By  J.  E.  Teschemacher. 
[Plate  VI.]  IX.  Remarks  upon  Coral  Formations  in  the  Pa- 
cific ; with  Suggestions  as  to  the  Causes  of  their  Absence  in 
the  same  Parallels  of  Latitude,  on  the  Coast  of  South  America. 


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By  Capt.  Joseph  P.  Couthouy.  X.  Niagara  Falls;  their 
Physical  Changes,  and  the  Geology  and  Topography  of  the 
Surrounding  Country.  By  James  Hall.  XI.  Note  to  the  Ed- 
itors respecting  the  Fossil  Bones  from  Oregon.  By  Henry  C. 
Perkins,  M.D.  XII.  Remarks  upon  Coral  Formations  in  the 
Pacific,  etc.  (continued).  By  Capt.  J.  P.  Couthouy. 

Part  II.  1843 • 

XIII.  Description  of  some  of  the  Species  of  Naked  Air- 
breathing  Mollusca,  inhabiting  the  United  States.  By  Amos 
Binney.  XIV.  Additional  Descriptions  of,  and  Observations 
on,  the  Fishes  of  Massachusetts.  By  D.  Humphreys  Storer, 
M.D.  XV.  An  Inquiry  into  the  Distinctive  Characteristics  of 
the  Aboriginal  Race  of  America.  By  Samuel  G.  Morton, 
M.D.  XVI.  Descriptions  and  Figures  of  the  Araneides  of  the 
United  States  (continued).  By  N.  M.  Hentz.  [Plate  VIII.] 
XVII.  Descriptions  of  the  Fishes  of  Lake  Erie,  the  Ohio 
River,  and  their  Tributaries  (continued).  By  J.  P.  Kirt- 
land,  M.D.  [Plates  IX-XI.]  XVIII.  Description  of  a 
Species  of  Helix,  newly  observed  in  the  United  States.  By 
Amos  Binney,  M.D.  XIX.  Observations  on  the  Habits  of 
the  Python  Natalensis.  By  Thomas  S.  Savage,  M.D.  XX. 
Observations  on  the  Characters  and  Habits  of  the  Ocellated 
Turkey  (Meleagris  ocellata  Cuv).  By  Samuel  Cabot,  M.D. 
XXI.  On  the  Existence  of  siliceous  ( ?)  Spiculse  in  the  exte- 
rior Rays  of  Actinia;  and  Memoranda  concerning  the  sEiceous 
Animalcules  of  Boston.  By  Prof.  J . W.  Bailey.  XXII. 
Enumeration  of  the  Fishes  of  Brookhaven,  Long  Island,  with 
Remarks  upon  the  Species  observed.  By  William  0.  Ayres. 

Part  III.  1843 

XXin.  Enumeration  of  the  Fishes  of  Brookhaven,  etc. 
(continued).  By  William  0.  Ayres  [Plate  XII.]  XXIV. 
Descriptions  of  Four  Species  of  Fishes  from  Brookhaven, 
L.  I.,  all  of  which  are  believed  to  be  new.  By  William 
0.  Ayres.  [Plate  XIII.]  XXV.  Descriptions  of  the  Fishes 


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of  the  Ohio  River  and  its  Tributaries  (continued).  By 
Jared  P.  Kirtland,  M.D.  [Plates  XIV-XV.]  XXVI.  Cat- 
alogue of  the  Marine,  Fluviatile  and  Terrestrial  Shells  of  the 
State  of  Maine  and  adjacent  Ocean.  By  J.  W.  Mighels, 
M.D.  XXVII.  Descriptions  of  Six  Species  of  Shells,  re- 
garded as  new.  By  J.  W.  Mighels,  M.D.  [Plate  XVI.] 
XXVIII.  Monograph  of  the  Species  of  Pupa  found  in  the 
United  States,  with  Figures  (continued).  By  Augustus  A. 
Gould,  M.D.  XXIX.  Descriptions  of  two  undescribed 
Species  of  North  American  Helices.  By  Amos  Binney. 
[Plate  XX.]  XXX.  Observations  on  the  external  Characters 
and  habits  of  the  Troglodytes  niger  Geoff.  By  T.  S.  Savage, 
M.D.,  and  and  on  its  Organization,  by  Jeffries  Wyman,  M.D. 

Part  IV.  1844.  . . . 

XXX.  Observations  on  the  external  Characters  and  habits  of 
t‘he  Troglodytes  niger  Geoff.  By  Thomas  S.  Savage,  M.D., 
and  on  its  Organization,  by  Jeffries  Wyman,  M.D.  (con- 
cluded). XXXI.  Descriptions  and  Figures  of  the  Araneides  of 
the  United  States  (continued).  By  N.  M.  Hentz.  [Plates 
XVII-XIX.]  XXXn.  Description  of  an  African  Beetle,  allied 
to  Scarab  seus  Polyphemus,  with  Remarks  upon  some  other 
Insects  of  the  same  Group.  By  T.  W.  Harris,  M.D.  [Plate 
XXI.]  XXXIII.  On  the  Importance  of  Habit  as  a Guide  to 
Accuracy  in  Systematical  Arrangements  ; illustrated  in  the 
instance  of  the  Sylvia  petechia  of  Wilson,  and  all  subse- 
quent Writers.  By  Thomas  McCulloch,  Jr.  XXXIV.  On 
the  Anatomy  of  Tebennophorus  Carolinensis.  By  Jeffries 
Wyman,  M.D.  [Plate  XXII.]  XXXV.  On  the  Anatomical 
Structure  of  Glandina  truncata  of  Say.  By  Jeffries  Wy- 
man, M.D.  [Plate  XXIII.]  XXXVI.  Beaumontite  and  Lin- 
colnite,  identical  with  Heulandite.  By  Francis  Alger. 
XXXVII.  Probable  Influence  of  Icebergs  upon  Drift.  By  J. 
L.  Hayes.  XXXVIII.  Descriptions  of  Land  Shells  from  the 
Province  of  Tavoy,  in  British  Burmah.  By  Augustus  A. 
Gould,  M.D.  [Plate  XXIV.]  XXXIX.  Descriptions  and 


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Habits  of  some  of  the  Birds  of  Yucatan.  By  Samuel  Cabot, 
Jr.,  M.D.  XL.  Enumeration  of  the  recent  Freshwater  Mol- 
lusca,  which  are  common  to  North  America  and  Europe,  with 
Observations  on  Species  and  their  Distribution.  By  S.  S. 
Haldeman.  XLI.  Descriptions  and  Notices  of  some  of  the 
Land  Shells  of  Cuba.  By  Augustus  A.  Gould,  M.D.  XLII. 
Mineralogical  Notices.  By  J.  E.  Teschemacher.  XLIII. 
Analysis  of  Pink  Scapolite,  and  of  Cerium  Ochre,  from  Bol- 
ton, Mass.  By  Charles  T.  Jackson. 

Yol.  V.  1845-1847A 

Part.  I.  1845.  . . 

I.  Nature  of  the  Strata  and  Geographical  Distribution  of  the 
Organic  Remains  in  the  Older  Formations  of  the  United  States. 
By  James  Hall.  II.  Descriptions  of  the  Fishes  of  the  Ohio 
River  and  its  Tributaries  (continued).  By  Jared  P.  Kirt- 
land,  M.D.  [Plates  VII-IX.]  III.  A Monography  of  the 
North  American  Histeroides.  By  John  Le  Conte,  F.  L.  S., 
etc.  [Plates  I- VI.]  IV.  On  the  Occurrence  of  Uranium 
in  the  Beryl  Locality  at  Ackworth,  N.  H.  By  J.  E.  Tes- 
chemacher. Y.  Description  of  a new  species  of  Sala- 
mander. By  Lewis  R.  Gibbes.  [Plate  X.]  YI.  Further 
Accounts  of  some  of  the  Birds  of  Yucatan.  By  Samuel 
Cabot,  Jr.,  M.D.  [Plate  XII.]  VII.  A further  Enum- 
eration of  some  Alpine  and  other  Lichens  of  New  England. 
By  Edward  Tuckerman,  A.  M.  VIII.  Characters  of  some 
new  Genera  and  Species  of  Plants  of  the  Natural  Order  Com- 
positse,  from  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  Upper  California.  By 
Asa  G*ray,  M.D.  [Plate  XIII.]  IX.  Descriptions  of  six 
North  American  Carices.  By  Francis  Boott,  M.D.,  F.R. 
and  L S.  X.  An  Attempt  to  Prove  that  Cottus  cognatus  of 
Richardson,  Cottus  viscosus  of  Haldeman,  and  Uranidea  qui- 


iThe  plates  in  this  volume  are  inaccurately  numbered;  there  are  two 
plates  each  numbered  XVI  (one  of  which  is  referred  to  as  XIV),  XX,  XXI, 
XXII,  XXIII,  XXIV  and  none  numbered  XIV  or  XXXII. 


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escens  of  De  Kay  are  one  Species,  and  are  identical  with 
Cottus  gobio  of  Linnaeus.  By  W.  0.  Ayres.  [Plate  XI.] 

Part  II.  1845. 

XI.  Dissection  of  a Spermaceti  Whale,  and  three  other 
Cetaceans.  By  J.  B.  S.  Jackson,  M.D.  [Plates  XV-XVI.] 
XII.  Musci  of  Eastern  Massachusetts.  By  John  Lewis  Rus- 
sell, A.  A.  S.  XIII.  Descriptions  and  Figures  of  the  Arane- 
ides  of  the  United  States  (continued).  By  Nicholas  Mar- 
cellus  Hentz.  [Plates  XVI-XVII.]  XIY.  Description 
of  some  New  and  Interesting  Insects  Inhabiting  the  United 
States.  By  John  L.  Le  Conte.  [Plate  XVIII.]  XV. 
Plants  Lindheimerianae ; an  Enumeration  of  the  Plants 
Collected  in  Texas  and  distributed  to  Subscribers,  by  F. 
Lindheimer,  with  Remarks  and  Descriptions  of  New  Species, 
etc.  By  George  Engelmann  and  Asa  Gray.  XVI.  De- 
scription of  the  Fishes  of  Lake  Erie,  the  Ohio  River  and  their 
Tributaries  (continued).  By  Jared  P.  Kirtland,  M.D. 
[Plates  XIX-XXIL]  XVII.  Illustrations  of  Fossil  Foot- 
marks. By  James  Deane,  M.D.  [Plate  XXIII.]  XVIII. 
Descriptions  of  some  New  Species  of  Marine  Shells,  Inhab- 
iting the  Coast  of  the  United  States.  By  Henry  C.  Lea, 
Philadelphia.  [Plate  XXIV.]  XIX.  Descriptions  of  Shells 
from  the  Coast  of  Africa.  By  Augustus  A.  Gould,  M.D., 
[Plate  XXIV.]  XX.  Note  on  Melocactus  viridescens,  Nutt. 
(Echinocactus,  Torr.  and  Gr.)  By  J.  E.  Teschemacher. 
XXI.  Notice  of  Two  Species  of  Linguatula.  By  Jeffries 
Wyman,  M.D. 

Part  III.  1846. 

XXII.  Notices  of  New  Localities  of  Rare  Minerals,  and  Rea- 
sons for  uniting  several  supposed  Distinct  Species.  By 
Francis  Alger.  XXIII.  An  Account  of  Two  Remarkable 
Trains  of  Angular  Erratic  Blocks,  in  Berkshire,  Mass.,  with  an 
Attempt  at  an  Explanation  of  the  Phenomena.  By  Prof. 


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Henry  D.  Rogers  and  Prof.  William  B.  Rogers.  [Plato 
XXV.]  XXIV.  Descriptions  of  the  Fishes  of  Lake  Erie,  the 
Ohio  River  and  their  Tributaries  (concluded).  By  Jared  P. 
Kirtland,  M.D.  [Plates  XXVI-XXIX.]  XXV.  Anatom- 
ical Description  of  the  Anirmfl  of  Littorina  angulifera  Lam. 
By  Joserh  Leidy,  M.D.  [Plate  XX.]  XXVI.  Notice  of 
a New  Genus  of  Plants  of  the  Order  Santalacese.  By  Asa 
Gray.  XXVII.  Descriptions  and  Figures  of  the  Araneides 
of  the  United  States  (continued).  By  Nicholas  Marcel- 
lus  Hentz.  [Plates  XXI-XXII.]  XXVIII.  On  the  Fossil 
Vegetation  of  America.  By  J.  E.  Teschemacher.  [Plates 
XXXIII-XXXVL]  XXIX.  Notice  of  the  Geological  Position 
of  the  Cranium  of  the  Castoroides  Ohioensis.  By  James 
Hall,  Esq.  Also,  an  Anatomical  Description  of  the  Same. 
By  Jeffries  Wyman,  M.D.  [Plates  XXXVII-XXXIX.] 
XXX.  Polythalamia  in  Sand,  from  the  Sahara  Desert.  By 
John  Bacon,  Jr.,  M.D.,  Plate  XX.]  XXXI.  Chemical  and 
Mineralogical  Fragments.  By  C.  T.  Jackson,  M.D.  XXXII. 
On  the  Habits  of  Salmo  fontinalis.  From  a letter  addressed 
to  Dr.  Storer.  By  J.  B.  Forsyth,  M.D.  XXXIII.  Descrip, 
tion  of  Pyranga  roseo-gmlaris  (Rose- throated  Tanager.)  By 
Samuel  Cabot,  Jr.,  M.D. 

Part  IV.  1847. 

XXXIV.  Notice  of  the  External  Characters  and  Habits  of 
Troglodytes  Gorilla,  a New  Species  of  Orang,  from  the  Gaboon 
River.  By  Thomas  S.  Savage,  M.D.  Osteology  of  the 
same.  By  Jeffries  Wyman,  M.D.  [Plates  XL-XLIH.] 
XXXV.  Descriptions  and  Figures  of  the  Araneides  of  the 
United  States  (continued).  By  Nicholas  Marcellus 
Hentz.  [Plates  XXIII-XXIV,  XXX-XXXI.]  XXXVI. 
Dissection  of  Scymnus  brevipinna  Lesueur.  By  S.  Knee- 
land,  Jr.,  M.D.  XXXVII.  Description  and  Analysis  of 
Three  Minerals  from  Lake  Superior.  By  J.  D.  Whitney. 


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symmetry  in  the  leaves  of  elms  and  hop-hornbeams. 

Prof.  L.  Agassiz.  Remarks  upon  the  preceding  paper. 

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attached  to  the  legs  of  a fly. 

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Island  of  Yesso,  and  remarks  on  the  Ainos. 

Dr.  J.  Wyman.  Resume  of  observations  on  the  shell- 
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December  11,  1867. 

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test  lines. 

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various  breeds  of  domesticated  pigeons. 

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Dk.  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  On  the  development  of  a 
species  of  Diplax. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  Remarks  on  the  preceding  paper. 

Dr.  H.  Hagen.  Lachlania  abnormis,  a new  genus  and 
species  of  Ephemerina  from  Cuba. 

Dr.  H.  Hagen.  Remarks  on  some  American  species  of 
Psocus. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  Considerations  drawn  from  the  study  of 
mole-crickets. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  Supplement  to  a list  of  the  butterflies 
of  New  England. 

Dr.  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  Remarks  on  insects  which  live 
during  their  earlier  stages  in  brine  or  salt  water. 

February  5,  1868. 

Dr.  T.  M.  Brewer.  Defence  of  the  house  sparrow 
from  the  destructive  habits  attributed  to  it. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  On  the  rank  of  the  families  of  Or- 
thoptera. 

February  19,  1868. 

Theodore  Lyman.  On  methods  used  in  hatching  the 
spawn  of  the  shad. 

A.  S.  Bickmore.  Sketch  of  a journey  through  the  interior 
of  China  from  Canton  to  Haukow. 

Dr.  E.  Lewis  Sturtevant.  Note  on  the  occurrence  of 
Pinus  strobi  in  a peat  bog  in  Framingham,  Mass. 


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Dr.  C.  T.  Jackson.  Analysis  of  fossil  guano  from  the 
neighborhood  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 

February  26,  1868. 

Dr.  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  On  the  structure  of  the  oviposi- 
tor and  homologous- parts  in  the  male  insect. 

Dr.  H.  Hagen.  Description  of  an  apterous  Termes  from 
Japan. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  Notice  of  some  new  butterflies  from 
Iowa. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  Remarks  on  two  new  fossil  insects  from 
the  Carboniferous  formation  in  America. 

March  4,  1868. 

Albert  S.  Bickmore.  On  the  Ainos,  or  hairy  men,  of 
Yesso,  Saghalien  and  the  Kurile  Islands. 

Edward  S.  Morse.  On  the  mode  of  growth  of  a new 
entomostracous  crustacean. 

March  18,  1868. 

Dr.  B.  Joy  Jeffries.  On  the  deceptive  appearance 
which  lines  present  when  they  meet  at  certain  angles. 

Dr.  Jeffries  Wyman.  On  the  after-impression  of  ob- 
jects. 

John  L.  Hayes.  The  Angora  goat;  its  origin,  culture 
and  products. 

Dr.  H.  Hagen.  Concerning  a meteor  seen  in  Prussia; 
extracted  from  newspapers  and  private  letters. 

March  25,  1868. 

Dr.  H.  Hagen.  Notice  of  an  orthopterous  insect  which 
deposits  its.  eggs  in  the  stems  of  the  cotton  plant. 

S.  H.  Scudder.  On  the  same. 

Dr.  H.  Hagen.  On  the  pseudoscorpions  of  America. 


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S.  H.  Scudder.  Description  of  anew  species  of  butterfly, 
Thecla  Juanita. 

Dr.  G.  Lincecum.  Notice  of  the  destructive  grasshoppers 
of  Texas. 

L.  Trouvelot.  On  some  parasites  of  the  common  rabbit. 
April  1,  1868. 

Prof.  Gamgee.  On  the  use  of  carbonic  oxide  gas  for 
the  preservation  of  meat  in  large  quantities. 

April  8,  1868. 

C.  Stodder.  On  soundings  made  off  the  coast  of  Maine,  * 
near  Mt.  Desert  Island. 

April  15,  1868. 

Dr.  J.  Wyman.  Observations  upon  human  crania. 

Dr.  C.  T.  Jackson.  Recent  methods  for  the  preservation 
and  coloration  of  wood. 


* 


WALKER  PRIZES. 


Annual  Prizes. — By  the  provisions  of  the  late  Dr.  William 
J.  Walker’s  foundation  two  prizes  are  annually  offered  for  the 
best  memoirs,  written  in  the  English  language,  on  subjects  pro- 
posed by  a Committee  appointed  by  the  Council.  For  the  best 
memoir  presented,  a prize  of  sixty  dollars  may  be  awarded;  if, 
however,  the  memoir  be  one  of  marked  merit,  the  amount  may 
be  increased  at  the  discretion  of  the  Committee  to  one  hundred 
dollars.  For  the  memoir  next  in  value  a sum  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars  may  be  given ; but  neither  of  these  prizes  are  to 
be  awarded  unless  the  papers  under  consideration  are  deemed  of 
adequate  merit. 

Memoirs  offered  in  competition  for  these  prizes  must  be  for- 
warded, on  or  before  April  1st,  prepaid  and  addressed, 

“ Boston  Society  of  Natural  History, 
for  the  Committee  on  the  Walker  Prizes, 

Boston,  Mass.” 

Each  memoir  must  be  accompanied  by  a sealed  envelope,  en- 
closing the  author’s  name,  and  superscribed  by  a motto  corres- 
ponding to  one  borne  by  the  manuscript. 

The  subject  of  the  annual  prize  for  1869  is — “ On  the  range  of 
arctic  and  alpine  plants  in  northern  America,  with  an  enumera- 


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tion  of  the  species.”  The  subject  of  the  annual  prize  for  1870 
has  not  yet  been  announced. 

The  subject  of  the  annual  prize  for  1868  was— “ Adduce  and 
discuss  the  evidence  of  the  co-existence  of  man  and  extinct 
animals,  with  a view  of  determining  the  limits  of  his  antiquity.” 
No  essays  were  offered  in  competition. 

Grand  Honorary  Prize.— By  the  provisions  of  the  same 
foundation,  the  Council  of  the  Society  may,  once  in  five  years, 
award  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  such  scientific  investi- 
gation or  discovery  in  natural  history  as  may  seem  to  deserve  it; 
provided  that  such  investigation  or  discovery  shall  have  first  been 
made  known  and  published  in  the  United  States,  and  that  this 
shall  have  taken  place  at  least  one  year  previous  to  the  time  of 
the  award.  If  any  such  investigation  or  discovery  shall  prove 
of  extraordinary  merit,  the  Council  may  award  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars. 

The  Grand  Honorary  Prize  is  to  be  awarded  for  the  first  time, 
in  1870. 


STATED  MEETINGS  OE  1868-69. 


General  Meetings.  Meetings  of  the  Section 

of  Microscopy. 


May 

6,*  1868, 

8 < 

:)’cl")ck. 

May 

13, 

1868, 

8 

o’clock. 

u 

20, 

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June 

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June 

3, 

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Oct. 

14? 

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7Vz 

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17, 

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Nov. 

ii. 

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July 

l,f 

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a 

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Dec. 

9, 

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Sept. 

16, 

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13, 

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Dec. 

2, 

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OF 

' Entomology. 

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16, 

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May 

27, 

1868, 

8 

o’clock. 

Jan. 

6,+  1869, 

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June 

24, 

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20, 

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23, 

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3, 

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17, 

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25, 

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Mar. 

3, 

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Dec. 

23, 

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17, 

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27, 

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* Annual  Meeting  for  elections  of  officers,  etc. 
t Quarterly  Meeting,  at  which  members  are  elected. 


